Typewriting machines inventions 02/08

20080050161 - Print control apparatus and print control program: A cable label having a desired configuration is provided without forcing a user to do any troublesome work. A character string to be printed on a cable label is memorized in a character string memory section. A print image generating section generates a character string memorized in the character string... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080050160 - Tape printer: An antenna 33 is located downstream of a tape transferring direction of a tape discharging port 27 through which a printed label tape 28 of a tape cassette 21 mounted to a cassette housing part 8 is discharged. A reflective sensor 35 that detects a sensor marks 65 provided on... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20080050162 - Safty mechanism in an automatic engraving assembly: A safety mechanism includes multiple positioning recesses defined in a bottom face of the head of the adjusting sleeve, a stop received in one of the positioning recesses, a slot defined in a top face of the body, an urging spring received in the slot, and a urging ball partially... Agent: Patenttm.us

20080050163 - Handheld pattern creating device and method of use of same: A handheld pattern creating device and method of use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a rotational member is rotatably positioned within a housing under the power of a first drive mechanism to angularly traverse an x-y plane. A rail track is disposed on the surface of the... Agent: Scott T. Griggs

20080050164 - Printing apparatus and conveyance control method: This invention relates to a printing apparatus and a conveyance control method capable of simultaneously operating plural encoder sensors and executing more accurate printing medium conveyance control. A first encoder sensor provided adjacent to a first conveyance roller detects the conveyance amount of a printing medium by the first conveyance... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080050165 - Printing apparatus and conveyance control method: This invention relates to a printing apparatus and a conveyance control method capable of allowing even an arrangement having a plurality of conveyance rollers in a printing medium conveyance path to accurately control conveyance of a printing medium. According to this invention, a first encoder detects a conveyance amount by... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080050166 - Label printing system with replaceable cleaning roll: The invention relates to a system for printing labels, especially labels of textile products, with at least one printing unit that includes at least one print head, one non-motorized printing roller, whereof the print head and/or the printing roller are mutually movable in a reversible manner, and at least one... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080050167 - Keyboard guard apparatus and system: An apparatus and a system is provided that prevents the inadvertent striking of a computer keyboard key by a user's finger. The present invention may be utilized in either Original Equipment fashion or may be retrofitted to an existing computer keyboard to provide the user with an efficient deterrent system... Agent: Rutan & Tucker, LLP. Hani Z. Sayed

20080044215 - Control of dual printing mechanisms: A printing system comprising: a printing device having first and second similar printing mechanisms; first and second similar holding means for holding respective first and second rolls of label stock in a position to pass the first and second printing mechanisms respectively; and a local processor connected to supply print... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080044216 - Paper size detecting apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same: A paper size detecting apparatus includes a paper width guider configured to move from side to side to set paper sheets loaded in a paper feeding part in a widthwise direction, a detecting sensor disposed at the paper width guider, and a detected band disposed at the paper feeding part... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080038032 - Printing apparatus, printing setting screen display method and print setting screen display program: A printing apparatus provided with: a display section to display a screen for setting print condition; and a display control section which controls to display in such a way that a plurality of print condition items are displayed in a first display area on the screen, and in a case... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080038033 - Method and system for managing printer paper conditions: A method and system for managing printer paper conditions is provided. The method includes monitoring states of a paper source in a point-of-sale (POS) printer by a light source and sensor mounted in the paper source, the light source emitting light. A low paper state is determined when a low... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Research Triangle Park

20080038035 - Interface for voucher and coupon printing: An interface is disclosed for driving a printer to print highly secure vouchers and less secure coupons. The printer can reside, for example, in a wagering terminal (e.g., slot machine), ticket machine, point-of-sale terminal or the like. A first driver receives, e.g., from a local controller, data indicative of voucher... Agent: Lipsitz & Mcallister, LLC

20080038034 - Tape printer and tape cassette: The CPU 81 of the tape printer 1, when the tape printer 1 is turned on, reads the “model name” and the power supply type of “drive power supply” corresponding to each “model name” of the parameter table 131 from the wireless tag circuit element 25 provided in the tape... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20080038036 - Printer having a printhead with fixed angle: Card printer having a horizontal platform and an angle-fixing platform allows for adjusting the angle-fixing platform's horizontal location on the horizontal platform. An inclined plane on the angle-fixing platform can fix a printhead of the printer for providing heaters on the printhead a best contact angle with a ribbon and... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080038037 - Printhead carrier for an imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus includes a printhead carrier for mounting a printhead cartridge. The printhead carrier includes a carrier back wall having an upper portion. A back portion of a printhead cartridge cradle is connected to the carrier back wall. A first proximal end of a latch lever is pivotably attached... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080038038 - Paper sheet handling apparatus: A paper-money receipt/payment machine comprises a conveyance path, on which paper sheet can be conveyed in dual directions, and a paper-money discrimination unit provided midway the conveyance path to discriminate the paper sheet. The machine further comprises a temporary holding unit for storage of rejected paper sheet to be rejected,... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080038039 - Sheet conveying device, and image forming apparatus including same: A sheet conveying device, that can be included in an image forming apparatus, includes a first conveying unit to convey a sheet in a first direction, a second conveying unit disposed on a downstream side of the first conveying unit to convey the sheet in a second direction, and a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080038040 - Terminal unit consisting of side by side arranged base unit and printer: A terminal unit comprising a base unit, in turn including a main body and a scanning device located in front of the main body, and a printing unit, distinct from the base unit, in which the scanning device has a width greater than that of the main body so that... Agent: Venable LLP

20080031671 - Recording apparatus: A recording apparatus includes a conveying roller configured to convey a sheet, a recording head configured to make a recording on the sheet, a carriage configured to reciprocate and capable of having a recording head installed therein, a guiding mechanism configured to guide the carriage, and a parallelism adjusting mechanism... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080031672 - Label body and label body producing apparatus: A label body is configured to be integrally provided with a plurality of RFID labels each including a label main body with print to be affixed to an adhesion target and each having an RFID circuit element provided with an IC circuit part that stores information and a loop antenna... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20080031673 - Keyboard structure: A keyboard structure includes a base, a circuit board, at least two keycaps and at least two linkages. The circuit board is disposed on the base. The two keycaps are adjacent to each other and disposed on the circuit board. Each keycap has a soft and a hard film. The... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080031674 - Automatic loading/unloading device for printing supports in a printer: Automatic loading/unloading device for printing supports in a printer including a track (2) able to slide on a suitable resting plane of the printer by way of a thrust arrangement, a board or blade (3) able to receive a printing support, substantially of rectangular shape, positioned in correspondence with an... Agent: Richard M. Goldberg