Typewriting machines inventions 12/08

20080317536 - Printer apparatus: A printer apparatus is disclosed. The printer includes: a thermal head having heat generating elements arranged in the form of a line extending longer than the width of a printing medium in the width direction of the printing medium substantially orthogonal to the conveying direction thereof; and a platen disposed... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080310901 - Method of issuing a printed ticket: P

20080310902 - Feed drive device for printer and printer: Provided herein is a feed drive device for a printer including: a feed roller that feeds a print medium in synchronization with drive of a print head; a motor constituting a driving source of the feed roller; a roller reduction gear train that transmits power from the motor to the... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080310903 - Printer: A printer (1) comprises a printing section (2) and paper roll holder (3) located beside or under the printing section. The paper roll holder (3) has a receiving portion (7) supporting a paper roll (10) from below and a drawer portion (8). A guide member (12) that acts on a... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russel, LLP

20080310905 - Cassette unit and printing apparatus: A cassette unit includes: a cassette case which covers a printing medium and has a feeding opening for passing the printing medium when the printing medium is fed by a feeding roller of a printing apparatus body; a cassette hopper which receives the printing medium and comes in contact with... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080310904 - Tape cassette and tape printer: On the back side surface of a release paper of a double-sided adhesive tape 53, sensor marks 65 each in a rectangular shape elongated in the tape width direction when viewed from its front are printed beforehand at a predetermined pitch L along the tape transferring direction to be vertical... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20080310906 - Printing medium alignment device and image forming apparatus having the same: A printing medium alignment device and an image forming apparatus having the same, the image forming apparatus includes a printing medium supply unit to supply a printing medium, a printing unit to print an image on the printing medium supplied from the printing medium supply unit, and a printing medium... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080310907 - Printer: In a printer (1) using a cassette-type ink ribbon, a paper exit (8) serves also as an ink ribbon inlet. A paper cutter (11) is located in a position where it restricts an exit course for a paper sheet. A part of the upper surface of a head cover (9)... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080304889 - Holding member and unit using the holding member: A holding member is provided in a gap between a plurality of elements of a unit in a non-usage state to maintain a relative position between the plurality of elements, and is removed from the gap to put the unit into a usage state. The holding member includes an attaching... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080304890 - Character input apparatus and method for automatically switching input mode in terminal having touch screen: Provided is a character input method and apparatus for automatically switching an input mode in a terminal having a touch screen. If a press event occurs in one of key regions displayed in the touch screen, it is determined whether a drag event occurs prior to occurrence of a release... Agent: Docket Clerk

20080304891 - Barcode generation system, barcode generation program, and printing device: A barcode generation system that generates an appropriate barcode, which satisfies the usage condition of each user, quickly and with a minimum consumption of ink and paper. A test chart is printed on a printing device 200 based on a test chart image 706 provided for printing black bars and... Agent: Patenttm.us

20080304892 - Keyboard for a handheld computer device: A keyboard for a hand held computer device including an array of keys representing characters of an alphabet of a language, wherein the array includes: (a) keys representing frequently used vowel characters of said alphabet arranged together in series; (b) keys representing frequently used consonant characters of said alphabet arranged... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080304893 - Magnetic tape: A supply of image receiving medium for a label printer, said image receiving medium arranged to receive an image and comprising a magnetic layer, wherein said magnetic layer is anisotropic.... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080304894 - Tape cassette and tape printing system: A tape cassette includes an ink ribbon provided with a base film coated with an ink layer thereon and a film tape provided with a transparent film with an adhesive layer formed on one surface thereof. When an adhesive layer of the film tape and the ink layer of the... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20080304895 - Printer, printer control method, and control program: A printer that uses roll paper as the printing medium and has a manual feed button and an automatic paper cutter detects if the manual feed button was operated. If the manual feed button was operated, the paper is advanced a prescribed length, and the paper is cut by the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080298868 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: Provide an image forming apparatus that improves precision in adjudicating the type of the recording medium while also minimizing the time required to make such an adjudication. To accomplish this, the image forming apparatus includes a storage unit that stores a plurality of types of particular shape images that configures... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080298869 - Ink ribbon cassette and apparatus that uses the ink ribbon cassette: An ink ribbon cassette includes first and second rotatable bodies that rotate with an ink ribbon held between the rotatable bodies in sandwiched relation. The second rotatable body includes a hole through which a shaft extends such that the second rotatable body is rotatably supported on the shaft. The shaft... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20080298870 - Media processing system and associated spindle: Media rolls, support structures for the media rolls, and media processing systems are provided. A media roll may include an identification transponder having retrievable information regarding the media units and associated media unit transponders wound around a core of the media roll. A support structure may include a spindle for... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080298871 - Pinwheel and printing apparatus having the same: A pinwheel includes a plurality of pins arranged on a circumferential surface thereof with a specific interval for engaging transportation holes of a medium, so that the medium is transported. Each of the pins has a lateral section having a substantially oval shape.... Agent: Kubotera & Associates, LLC

20080298872 - Tape processing apparatus: Provided herein is a tape processing apparatus having: a tape cutting device which slides a cutter holder having a cutter blade attached therein in a reciprocating sliding directions and cuts a tape by a forward sliding movement thereof; and a tape ejecting device which faces to a tape ejecting path... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080298873 - Recording-medium storage device and image forming apparatus: A first engaging member makes a first engagement with a first locking member to lock an edge guiding unit. A second engaging member makes a second engagement with a second locking member to lock the edge guiding unit. The first locking member is movable to a first retract position and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080298874 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus capable of guiding a printing medium in a smooth manner by minimizing resistance to the printing medium feed and preventing a developer from adhering and accumulating on a printing medium guide device. The image forming apparatus includes a printing medium guide device to guide a printing... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080298875 - Modular workboard thermal printer system: A modular workboard thermal printer system provides a user with portable computing and printing capabilities. According to one aspect, the modular workboard thermal printer system includes a housing to which a thermal printer module may be operatively coupled, and a receiving portion formed with the housing for accepting therein a... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P. (c/o Intermec)