| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE40373 |
Card cleaning device |
June 10, 2008 |
| A card cleaning device for use in an image forming machine includes a frame adapted for installation into an appropriately configured image forming machine, a bottom card cleaning roller having a shaft removably coupled to the frame and adapted for cleaning a card being fed at an ang |
| RE38473 |
Printer with floating print head with alignment surfaces to position printhead |
March 23, 2004 |
| A printhead assembly for a printer with the printhead mounted in the lid of the printer and the platen mounted in the body of the printer. The printhead is spring loaded, permitting it to float in both the vertical and horizontal directions within the lid assembly. Guideposts are located |
| D557204 |
Removable battery |
December 11, 2007 |
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| D549768 |
Printer |
August 28, 2007 |
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| D538226 |
Removable battery |
March 13, 2007 |
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| D538225 |
Removable battery |
March 13, 2007 |
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| D536370 |
Printer housing |
February 6, 2007 |
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| D534491 |
Removable battery |
January 2, 2007 |
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| D532039 |
Portable electronic device |
November 14, 2006 |
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| D519450 |
Cradle for a portable electronic device |
April 25, 2006 |
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| 7441701 |
Universal card reader apparatus and method |
October 28, 2008 |
| A multiple card reading apparatus for reading at least two different types of information cards that may be used in a handheld point of sale device with printing capability. The multiple card reading apparatus has a housing containing at least two card reading devices and defining slots |
| 7407102 |
XML printer system |
August 5, 2008 |
| An XML processing system for use in a barcode printer apparatus includes a computer system operatively coupled to the barcode printer apparatus. The computer system further includes an XML processor configured to receive, parse, and process an XML input data stream and obtain schema iden |
| 7400298 |
Radio frequency identification tagging |
July 15, 2008 |
| A RFID tag or label comprises a RFID tag module (comprising an electronic identification circuit and a coupling means) and an antenna structure coupled to the coupling means. The RFID tag module is separate from, separable or arranged to be severable from, the antenna structure. The |
| 7398054 |
Spatially selective UHF near field microstrip coupler device and RFID systems using device |
July 8, 2008 |
| A system having a UHF RFID transceiver is adapted to communicate exclusively with a single electro-magnetically coupled transponder located in a predetermined confined transponder operating region. The system includes a near field coupling device comprising a plurality of lines conne |
| 7391043 |
Self calibrating media edge sensor |
June 24, 2008 |
| Various edge detection arrangements are disclosed, including an edge detection method and arrangement that utilizes outputs of commonly illuminated reference and edge sensors as the inputs for a comparator. The reference sensor is configured to have a wide field of view and the edge |
| 7331576 |
Feeder device having increased media capacity and multiple media thickness feed capability and a |
February 19, 2008 |
| A feeder device is provided, comprising a drive mechanism for driving a media unit in a feed direction, the media unit being provided from a stack of media units by a hopper including upstream and downstream hopper members. A directing member associated with the upstream hopper member |
| 7328897 |
Card printer and method of printing on cards |
February 12, 2008 |
| A compact system adapted for card imaging, card laminating, or other card processing, comprises a card processor positioned on a horizontal card feed path and configured to process one or both faces of a rectangular card such as a plastic credit or debit card. A card feeder is arranged t |
| 7327261 |
Visual identification tag deactivation |
February 5, 2008 |
| A device for deactivating an RFID portion on an identification tag and indicating that the RFID portion is deactivated. The present invention addresses current privacy concerns regarding potential use of RFID technology after the point of sale. The device for deactivating the RFID po |
| 7327218 |
Electronic identification system with forward error correction system |
February 5, 2008 |
| An electronic radio frequency (RF) identification system 10 is disclosed and claimed. The system includes an interrogator 11 and a plurality of RF transponders 12.1 to 12.n. In use, each transponder is operative in response to an interrogation signal 14 to respond with a forward error |
| 7323993 |
Variation of conductive cross section and/or material to enhance performance and/or reduce mater |
January 29, 2008 |
| An RFID antenna is fabricated according to varying current density requirements of different regions of the antenna. A method such as computer modeling is used to determine the current densities of the antenna regions. In one aspect of the invention, a conductive material is printed |
| 7311256 |
Barcode optical character recognition |
December 25, 2007 |
| Computer software which includes code configured to create a printer label format based on a printed label that has been scanned. The code is configured to scan a label by either using a plurality of different types of scanners, or by using a single piece of hardware which can perform a |
| 7306386 |
Docking station and associated method for docking a portable printer |
December 11, 2007 |
| According to one embodiment, a docking station and an associated method for docking a portable printer are provided. The portable printer has a printhead, media drive, and media support externally configured to be latched onto the docking station, and the docking station is adapted for |
| 7245312 |
Thermal printer with quick-release printhead assembly |
July 17, 2007 |
| A quick-release printhead mounting assembly and thermal printer incorporating same, including a printing component, a printer housing, and, a component retention feature attached to or molded into the printer housing adapted for receiving and releasably fixing the printing component |
| 7228433 |
Electronic identification system and method with source authenticity |
June 5, 2007 |
| An RF electronic identification system (10) is disclosed and claimed. The system includes at least one transponder encoder (14.1) for writing data into a memory arrangement (52) of a selected transponder (1.1) of a plurality of transponders (1.1 to 1.n) adapted to receive data from the |
| 7206010 |
Systems and methods for providing a media located on a spool and/or a cartridge where the media |
April 17, 2007 |
| A media supply apparatus and associated methods are provided. The apparatus can include a spool on which a media is wound, and/or the media can be provided in a cartridge either wound about a spool or wound about itself. A wireless device such as a programmable radio frequency identi |
| 7201343 |
Carrier-less patch protection including cassette and separation device |
April 10, 2007 |
| The present invention is a laminate media, in the form of a continuous strip of carrier-less, pre-cut plastic patch protections, connected by perforations. The invention further describes both a method for separating the patches from each other by stressing the perforated patch area |
| 7190270 |
System and method for detecting transponders used with printer media |
March 13, 2007 |
| A calibration apparatus for determining a location of a transponder supported by a printer media. The calibration apparatus uses a transceiver to attempt to read, write or otherwise communicate with the transponder. Controller logic of the calibration apparatus uses successful and un |
| 7172122 |
XML system |
February 6, 2007 |
| An XML system is configured to print bar code labels, tags, tickets, cards, or other media, and/or encode RFID devices embedded in media, based upon an extensible markup language (XML) input data stream. The XML system includes a computer system having a memory subsystem, a communica |
| 7170537 |
Card-cleaning assembly for card printing devices |
January 30, 2007 |
| A card-cleaning assembly for printers is provided. The assembly can be used in any suitable card printing apparatus, particularly thermal dye printers. Such card printers are used to print driver's licenses, employee badges, student cards, and the like. The assembly includes a card-c |
| 7137000 |
Method and apparatus for article authentication |
November 14, 2006 |
| An authentication method for authenticating an article in a device includes the steps of a) reading an identification number stored on the article, b) reading an authentication number stored on the article, c) determining an input number based at least in part on the identification n |
| 7126716 |
Printer for printing labels, tags or the like |
October 24, 2006 |
| A printer which is configured to automatically transmit data, such as critical and non-critical printer data, and route that data through at least one of a plurality of communication channels and services, such as via e-mail or mobile wireless equipment (e.g. an Internet-ready pager, a |
| 7112001 |
Method and apparatus for associating on demand certain selected media and value-adding elements |
September 26, 2006 |
| A a thermal transfer media printer is disclosed. In one embodiment, the printer selectively programs RFID transponders, and then embeds them into conventional on-demand printed media between the adhesive layer and the release liner. Selective configuration of each printed media sample by |
| 7071961 |
Ribbon drive and tensioning system for a print and apply engine for a printer |
July 4, 2006 |
| An apparatus for driving and tensioning a ribbon includes a supply spindle for supplying a ribbon, a supply dancer assembly for applying tension to the ribbon, a printhead, a take-up dancer assembly for applying tension to the ribbon, and a take-up spindle for collecting spent ribbon. Th |
| 7066754 |
Printer cable and associated strain relief collar for creating a ruggedized connection for an el |
June 27, 2006 |
| An electrical connection for communicating between electrical terminals is provided, as is a collar for retaining the cable of such a connection and associated methods. The connection can include a first modular connector engaged to a first electrical terminal of a printer, a second conn |
| 7053755 |
Enhanced identification system |
May 30, 2006 |
| A method and an identification system used for communicating between a reader and a plurality of transponders. The reader has a transmitter for transmitting a signal and each transponder includes a receiver for receiving the reader signal and a transmitter for generating a transponde |
| 7038703 |
Label printer with label edge detector |
May 2, 2006 |
| A label printer with a label edge sensor having a shortened measurement path through the supporting frame of the label printer. Linear and or angular movement of the print head as it encounters label edges is detected by sensors coupled to the printer frame. The sensor may be, for ex |
| 7033097 |
Portable printer having automatic print alignment |
April 25, 2006 |
| A portable printer for printing on a roll of paper or label stock is provided having automatic print alignment with the width of the roll. The portable printer has a housing having a compartment for receiving the roll, a cover to access the roll, and a centering mechanism for the roll. |
| 7004462 |
Print media guide system |
February 28, 2006 |
| A rack-and-pinion print media guide system comprises two racks which are operatively coupled for reciprocal movement relative to each other by way of a central gear cluster instead of a single central gear (pinion) to expand the maximum media capture range. The gear cluster comprises fir |
| 6985266 |
Printer of a new type |
January 10, 2006 |
| A printer comprises, from upstream to downstream, a loader for articles to be printed, a printing device and transfer elements to direct sequentially the articles from the outlet of the loader to the printing device and from the printing device toward collection elements for the prin |
| 6969134 |
Printer or other media processor with on-demand selective media converter |
November 29, 2005 |
| On demand apparatus for use in a printer, printer module, stand-alone media converter, or other media processor includes a print device and a converting system. The print device receives a series of labels, tickets, tags, cards or other media samples and responds to a set of form and |
| 6942403 |
Method and apparatus for associating on demand certain selected media and value-adding elements |
September 13, 2005 |
| A thermal transfer media printer is disclosed. In one embodiment, the printer selectively programs RFID transponders, and then embeds them into conventional on-demand printed media between the adhesive layer and the release liner. Selective configuration of each printed media sample by |
| 6916128 |
Printer attachable to various models and types of portable devices and terminals for operation t |
July 12, 2005 |
| A portable printer which can be removably attached to a variety of models and types of portable devices, such as Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), cell phones, or other terminal devices. The portable devices can be attached to the portable printer via a clip-on adapter, thereby providi |
| 6908034 |
XML system |
June 21, 2005 |
| An XML system is configured to print bar code labels, tags, tickets, cards, or other media, and/or encode RFID devices embedded in media, based upon an extensible markup language (XML) input data stream. The XML system includes a computer system having a memory subsystem, a communication |
| 6899477 |
Portable label printer |
May 31, 2005 |
| A portable label printer is provided having a central control section, and first and second printing sections coupled to the central section. Each of the first and second printing sections has a printing mechanism with a thermal printhead and motor driven platen roller, a compartment for |
| 6874958 |
Portable printer with spindle members for rotationally mounting media rolls of different core di |
April 5, 2005 |
| A portable printer is provided having a housing with a compartment for a roll of media and two spindle members coupled to roll positioning mechanism in the compartment. Each spindle member has tow sides with different diameter conical surfaces and is reversibly mountable in the print |
| 6857714 |
Method and apparatus for associating on demand certain selected media and value-adding elements |
February 22, 2005 |
| A thermal transfer media printer is disclosed. In one embodiment, the printer selectively programs RFID transponders, and then embeds them into conventional on-demand printed media between the adhesive layer and the release liner. Selective configuration of each printed media sample by |
| 6848845 |
Thermal ribbon cartridge or roll with slack ribbon retraction |
February 1, 2005 |
| A ribbon cartridge for a thermal transfer printer is configured to provide a retractable feed for a donor ribbon. The ribbon cartridge includes a housing, a roll of donor ribbon wound on a core within the housing, and a clutch operatively coupled to the core. A resilient structure is cou |
| 6848662 |
Secure latching system |
February 1, 2005 |
| The disclosed system for securely latching a device in a support frame employs a pair of latching members each adapted to pivot about a latch pivot axis defined on an exterior side of the support frame and are adapted to engage a corresponding latch recess on the device downstream fr |
| 6832729 |
Portable data collection device for reading fluorescent indicia |
December 21, 2004 |
| A portable data collection device is provided for reading fluorescent indicia, such as barcodes. The device includes a housing with a pivotable image capture module. The image capture module includes an adjustable aperture, a color detector array for imaging light received through the |
| 6832726 |
Barcode optical character recognition |
December 21, 2004 |
| Computer software which is configured to create a printer label format based on a printed label that has been scanned. The software provides that an existing label is scanned, and then the software converts the scan into a label format through optical character recognition (OCR). The sof |
