| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE32490 |
Method of making a composite label web |
September 1, 1987 |
| There are disclosed various embodiments of a composite web of pressure sensitive labels, method and apparatus for making such embodiments of the composite web, and method and apparatus by which a composite web of labels is advanced and by which labels are successively printed and applied |
| RE30749 |
Label printing and applying apparatus |
September 29, 1981 |
| There is disclosed label printing and applying apparatus by which labels are successively printed and applied to merchandise. The apparatus feeds pressure sensitive labels mounted on a web of supporting material to a printing zone and to a delaminating zone. An applicator disposed do |
| RE30697 |
Hand-held labeler |
August 4, 1981 |
| Disclosed is a hand-held labeler or apparatus for printing and applying pressure sensitive labels. The apparatus has a housing, a rigid, metal, frame plate mounted by the housing, a platen and a cooperating print head, a delaminator for delaminating printed labels from the web of support |
| D414813 |
Adhesive-backed label |
October 5, 1999 |
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| D375324 |
Adhesive-backed label |
November 5, 1996 |
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| D247345 |
Coupling for a lanyard |
February 28, 1978 |
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| D243152 |
Filament fastener |
January 25, 1977 |
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| 6604088 |
Automatic barcode printing supply price quote system and method |
August 5, 2003 |
| A system and method are shown for automatically providing price quotes for various barcode printing supply products. The system displays a default quote when a new quote is to be provided. The default quote identifies default values for a number of variables defining a default barcode |
| 6585434 |
Portable barcode printer with improved control and display for a small number of function keys |
July 1, 2003 |
| A portable, on-line barcode printer has a very small number of variable function keys, each of which is actuable to perform a large number of non-data entry functions for monitoring various components, performing diagnostic testing and setting up the operation of the printer. A display |
| 6533476 |
Printer and methods |
March 18, 2003 |
| There is disclosed a portable thermal printer having a printer housing, a printing mechanism and an ink ribbon cartridge containing an ink ribbon cartridge containing an ink ribbon. The cartridge has a cartridge housing and an improved brake for applying a slight braking force on a core |
| 6527026 |
Printer |
March 4, 2003 |
| There is disclosed a printer for printing and dispensing labels releasably adhered to a carrier web. The printer includes a print head and a cooperable platen roll, a delaminator for delaminating printed labels from the web, a take-up roll for drawing the web about the delaminator, and a |
| 6516719 |
Hand-held labeler |
February 11, 2003 |
| There is disclosed a hand-held labeler which is easy to load, clean and service. The labeler has a gear driven print head wherein the print head is situated on an upper housing section and the print head is actuated from a lower housing section. The upper housing section can be moved to |
| 6428220 |
Portable barcode printer with improved control and display for a small number of function keys |
August 6, 2002 |
| A portable, on-line barcode printer has a very small number of variable function keys, each of which is actuable to perform a large number of non-data entry functions for monitoring various components, performing diagnostic testing and setting up the operation of the printer. A display |
| 6412996 |
Ink ribbon cartridge |
July 2, 2002 |
| There is disclosed a portable thermal printer having a printer housing, a printing mechanism and an ink ribbon cartridge containing an ink ribbon cartridge containing an ink ribbon. The cartridge has a cartridge housing and an improved brake for applying a slight braking force on a core |
| 6396073 |
Web of record members |
May 28, 2002 |
| There is disclosed a web of record members of the composite label web, tag and linerless types with cracks or fissures through the webs so that the position of the web can be detected by an optical detector. Apparatus can be used to convert the web into more usable form which includes fo |
| 6394674 |
Portable printer |
May 28, 2002 |
| There is disclosed a lightweight portable printer having a frame or housing with a print head and a cooperable platen roll mounted in the housing. The housing pivotally mounts a subassembly. The subassembly mounts an electric motor and gearing driven by the motor for driving the platen r |
| 6386775 |
Printer and method |
May 14, 2002 |
| There is disclosed a portable thermal printer having a printer housing, a printing mechanism and an ink ribbon cartridge containing an ink ribbon cartridge containing an ink ribbon. The cartridge has a cartridge housing and an improved brake for applying a slight braking force on a core |
| 6352024 |
Composite printing band and method of making same |
March 5, 2002 |
| There is disclosed an endless flexible printing band and method of making such printing bands. A wide endless band having columns and rows of raised printing characters is molded onto a sheet having columns and rows of visually readable characters corresponding to the printing characters |
| 6347897 |
Portable printer |
February 19, 2002 |
| There is disclosed a lightweight portable printer having a frame or housing with a print head and a cooperable platen roll mounted in the housing. The housing pivotally mounts a subassembly. The subassembly mounts an electric motor and gearing driven by the motor for driving the platen r |
| 6279638 |
Labeler |
August 28, 2001 |
| There is disclosed a hand-held labeler for printing and applying labels and for printing tags. The labeler has a keyboard, a display, a scanner, and a battery-containing handle. The labeler is user-friendly and compact. The labeler can be easily loaded with label and tag webs of differen |
| 6241407 |
Portable printer |
June 5, 2001 |
| There is disclosed a lightweight portable printer having a frame or housing with a print head and a cooperable platen roll mounted in the housing. The housing pivotally mounts a subassembly. The subassembly mounts an electric motor and gearing driven by the motor for driving the platen r |
| 6234078 |
Ink roller assembly having a plurality of sections each having a porous sleeve |
May 22, 2001 |
| Various embodiments of an ink roller assembly include a capillary ink metering unit and a surrounding porous ink retaining sleeve, wherein the unit is comprised of a pair of capillary sections connected to each other and wherein capillary sections include a hollow shaft and discs with |
| 6227360 |
Package |
May 8, 2001 |
| There is disclosed a package containing a series of side-by-side label rolls and an ink roll package positioned in a tubular opening in the label rolls and having a flange against the side of the endmost roll. The flange provides a stop to limit migration or insertion of the ink roll pac |
| 6189447 |
Method of making composite printing band |
February 20, 2001 |
| There is disclosed an endless flexible printing band and method of making such printing bands. A wide endless band having columns and rows of raised printing characters is molded onto a sheet having columns and rows of visually readable characters corresponding to the printing characters |
| 6188423 |
Early thermal printhead failure prediction system |
February 13, 2001 |
| A thermal printer early printhead failure prediction system detects possible printhead and/or printing clement failure in response to the sensed resistance of the printhead or an individual element thereof. A microprocessor of the printer monitors the resistive trends of the printing |
| 6170746 |
System and method for tracking drugs in a hospital |
January 9, 2001 |
| A drug tracking system and method for use in hospitals, pharmacies, etc. uses a portable barcode scanning and printing system to reduce errors in the tracking information and to facilitate the ease and efficiency of the drug tracking operation. The portable scanning and printing system |
| 6164203 |
Printer |
December 26, 2000 |
| There is disclosed a printer with a print head for printing on a web of record members. The web is held in roll form on a holder. The web roll and the web are center-justified with respect to the centerline of the print head. The holder has a series of steps extending in each direction a |
| 6139932 |
Linerless label web roll |
October 31, 2000 |
| There is disclosed a roll of a pressure sensitive adhesive-backed linerless label web with lines of perforation cuts comprised of alternating cuts and ties. The tie at each side margin of the web is weaker than the next adjacent tie to prevent winging up of tabs at the side margins of th |
| 6138734 |
Hand-held labeler and method of making same |
October 31, 2000 |
| There is disclosed a hand-held labeler for printing and applying labels releasably adhered to a carrier web. The labeler has a handle with an outer elastomeric member provided by a layer of an elastomeric material. The elastomeric member serves as a cushion and also provides a certain |
| 6109179 |
Composite printing band and method of making same |
August 29, 2000 |
| There is disclosed an endless flexible printing band and method of making such printing bands. A wide endless band having columns and rows of raised printing characters is molded onto a sheet having columns and rows of visually readable characters corresponding to the printing characters |
| 6053648 |
Printer |
April 25, 2000 |
| There is disclosed an improved thermal printer with a rigid frame made from a main frame plate with compound bends and a base plate, record member supply roll mounting and guide devices, an ink ribbon and record member web feed control system, a print head assembly, and improved ink ribb |
| 6033751 |
Spliced linerless label web |
March 7, 2000 |
| There is disclosed a spliced web of linerless labels in roll form and a method of making same. The Webs have lines of partial severing along their lengths and the splice is made between two adjacent webs by a frangible tape which enables the labels at the splice to be separated by tearin |
| 6022050 |
Silicone release coating composition |
February 8, 2000 |
| A release coating composition containing about 50 to about 75 wt. % of an epoxy functional silicone; about 8 to about 25 wt. % of a reactive solvent; about 5 to about 25 wt. % of a reactive diluent; about 6 to about 12 wt. % of a wax-treated silica powder; and, about 2 to about 4 wt. % o |
| 5988249 |
Hand-held labeler |
November 23, 1999 |
| There is disclosed a hand-held labeler which is easy to load, clean and service. The labeler has a gear driven print head wherein the print head is situated on an upper housing section and the print head is actuated from a lower housing section. The upper housing section can be moved to |
| 5987748 |
Method of making ink roller assembly |
November 23, 1999 |
| There is disclosed an ink roller assembly and a method of making an ink roller assembly. The assembly includes a base comprised of closely spaced connected discs providing capillary chambers and a porous sleeve. The method uses air to expand the porous sleeve while the sleeve is being |
| 5983789 |
Printing band and method of making same |
November 16, 1999 |
| There is disclosed a printing band and method of making same. The printing band has printing characters and human readable characters. The human readable characters and the portion of the band adjacent thereto are coated with a first coating while masking off the printing characters. |
| 5953992 |
Method of making ink roller assembly |
September 21, 1999 |
| There is disclosed an ink roller assembly and a method of making an ink roller assembly. The assembly includes a base comprised of closely spaced connected discs providing capillary chambers and a porous sleeve. The method uses air under pressure or vacuum to expand the porous sleeve whi |
| 5947618 |
Core |
September 7, 1999 |
| There is disclosed an improved thermal printer with a rigid frame made from a main frame plate with compound bends and a base plate, record member supply roll mounting and guide devices, an ink ribbon and record member web feed control system, a print head assembly, and improved ink ribb |
| 5938351 |
Ink ribbon cartridge with ribbon tensioning structure |
August 17, 1999 |
| There is disclosed a portable thermal printer having a printer housing, a printing mechanism and an ink ribbon cartridge containing an ink ribbon cartridge containing an ink ribbon. The cartridge has a cartridge housing and an improved brake for applying a slight braking force on a core |
| 5934189 |
Hand-held labeler |
August 10, 1999 |
| There is disclosed a hand-held labeler which is easy to load, clean and service. The labeler has a gear driven print head wherein the print head is situated on an upper housing section and the print head is actuated from a lower housing section. The upper housing section can be moved to |
| 5926197 |
Linerless label web, method of making same and method of cleaning and using a print head |
July 20, 1999 |
| There is disclosed a release-coated linerless label web which includes a cleaner and a printable portion. The web can be threaded into contact with a thermal print head and the cleaner can clean the print head and thereafter the web is advanced to printed on a series of labels. The c |
| 5910227 |
Hand-held labeler |
June 8, 1999 |
| There is disclosed a hand-held labeler which is easy to load, clean and service. The labeler has a gear driven print head wherein the print head is situated on an upper housing section and the print head is actuated from a lower housing section. The upper housing section can be moved to |
| 5906443 |
Labeler |
May 25, 1999 |
| There is disclosed a hand-held labeler for printing and applying labels and for printing tags. The labeler has a keyboard, a display, a scanner, and a battery-containing handle. The labeler is user-friendly and compact. The labeler can be easily loaded with label and tag webs of differen |
| 5906161 |
Ink roller assembly |
May 25, 1999 |
| Disclosed are various embodiments of an ink roller assembly with a capillary ink metering unit and a surrounding porous ink retaining sleeve, wherein the unit is comprised of a pair of capillary sections connected to each other and wherein capillary sections include a hollow shaft and di |
| 5904429 |
Printer frame made of three panels of one-piece metal |
May 18, 1999 |
| There is disclosed an improved thermal printer with a rigid frame made from a main frame plate with compound bends and a base plate, record member supply roll mounting and guide devices, an ink ribbon and record member web feed control system, a print head assembly, and improved ink ribb |
| 5900110 |
Labeler |
May 4, 1999 |
| There is disclosed a hand-held labeler for printing and applying labels and for printing tags. The labeler has a keyboard, a display, a scanner, and a battery-containing handle. The labeler is user-friendly and compact. The labeler can be easily loaded with label and tag webs of differen |
| 5892531 |
Printer |
April 6, 1999 |
| There is disclosed a thermal printer having a print head and a pressure roller cooperable with a platen roll, with one manually operable member for substantially simultaneously separating the print head and the pressure roll for threading the printer and another member for separating |
| 5875715 |
Hand-held labeler |
March 2, 1999 |
| There is disclosed a hand-held labeler which can feed and apply a relatively long label or tape to merchandise or packaging. In one embodiment the feeding of the label web is accomplished by using a feed wheel that is driven both during the feeding stroke of a manual actuator and dur |
| 5868893 |
Label printing apparatus and method |
February 9, 1999 |
| There is disclosed method and apparatus which promotes effective peeling of a linerless-type label web from a roll by use of a peel roller in contact with the outer periphery of the roll. The apparatus can include a print head and a driven platen roll. The apparatus can also apply labels |
| 5866023 |
Portable barcode label printer battery switching circuit |
February 2, 1999 |
| A portable barcode printer includes a circuit coupled between a main battery and a read/write memory of the printer to provide power to the memory from the main battery with a minimal voltage drop across the circuit. The circuit is also coupled between the main battery and a backup b |
