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Class 346/100 - Rolling serrated or toothed punching marker

Subclass of Class 346 - Recorders
Definition: Recorders of the type wherein the markings are punched and
No. of patents: 44
Last issue date: 07/24/2007

NumberTitleIssue Date
7247193Ink, ink set, ink jet recording method, ink cartridge, recording unit, and ink jet recording apparatus
A second ink to be used in combination with a first ink for use in an ink jet recording apparatus having a first opening to which the first ink is supplied, a second opening to which the second ink is supplied, and a cover member with which the first opening and the...
7234801Printing cartridge with barcode identification
A printing cartridge is releasably engageable with a printing device having a linear reader for reading a barcode (1232) and a central processor capable of interpreting data carried on a barcode. The printing cartridge (1100) includes a housing (110...
7163273Printing cartridge with two dimensional code identification
A printing cartridge (1100) includes a housing (1104). A two dimensional code (1232) is positioned on the housing. The two dimensional code carries data relating to at least one of: a serial number of the cartridge, a media and a media colorant....
7014375Thermal printer and method determining battery condition based on temperature
A tape print apparatus is capable of setting a weak voltage value, serving as a criterion on indicating a power weakness condition on a display, to an appropriate voltage value based on various kinds of usage conditions by considering that the degree of consumption ...
5534890Thermal printer for printing labels
A thermal printer is equipped with apparatus for allowing the thermal printer to be quickly and easily adapted to the type of paper currently being used without the need for testing and adjusting to obtain an essentially optimum print quality. The printer...
5517215Multiple resolution flying spot raster scanner with rotatable aperture
A rotatable aperture is positioned between the pre-polygon cross-scan cylindrical optical element and the rotating polygon mirror of a laser diode flying spot raster scanner optical system. Rotating the aperture about a line parallel to the axis in the sc...
5515088Method and device for controlling the paper feed in a processor-driven printer
The device embodying the invention is intended to equip a processor-driven printer comprising a hopper capable of containing and supporting a freely rotating roll of paper, a guide and drive means enabling the web of paper to be led from the roll to a dri...
5183502Water based ink for ink-jet printing
Water based ink for ink-jet printing, consisting of: 0.5-8 wt % water soluble dye 1-64 wt % glycol 0.01-5 wt % wetting agent 0.01-2.0 wt % preservative, pH-regulator, complexing agents and/or other additives, as well as distilled water, where glycol consists of tri...
5154761High definition impulse ink jet in compositions
Impulse-type ink jet ink compositions are provided along with processes for recording information therewith. The ink compositions preferably comprise from about 65 to about 80 percent by weight of a low molecular weight diol, from about 15 to about 25 per...
5100469Ink compositions having decreased drying times
An ink composition which is especially useful for ink jet printing contains a colorant, a liquid carrier and at least one additive selected from the group consisting of meso-erythritol, RC(CH2 OH)3 and salts thereof, wherein R is a m...
5006172Ink-jet inks for the marking of plastics
New inks for thermal ink-jet printers are formulated by replacing all or a large percentage of the aqueous component in prior art inks with an organic liquid which can adhere to, dissolve, swell, or penetrate a plastic film and also act as a solvent for t...
4973499Recording liquid having surface tension of at least 64 dyne/cm and viscosity of at most 2.5 cp at 25 degrees Celsius
A recording liquid with well-balanced characteristics is provided which comprises a colorant and a liquid medium, and has a surface tension to 64 dyne/cm or more at 25° C. and a viscosity of 2.5 centipoises or less at 25° C. A recording method employing...
4969951Cloth jet printing method using aqueous ink having hydroxyl or amino-reactive disperse dye
A liquid composition for ink jet printing is provided which comprises a reactive disperse dye dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous liquid medium. An ink jet printing method is also provided which includes imparting the above-mentioned liquid composition o...
4733247Ink jet recording method in which the projected ink droplets have a Weber number of no more than 500
An ink-jet recording method includes projecting droplets of ink having a Weber number of no more than 500 toward a recording medium having thereon an ink receiving layer, thereby performing recording....
4712172Method for preventing non-discharge in a liquid jet recorder and a liquid jet recorder
In a recorder having a record head which discharges liquid to record dots and which has a discharge energy generating element arranged on a substrate, a liquid discharge port arranged for the discharge energy generating element and a liquid path for suppl...
4486033Sublimable dye imaging of lottery ticket and commercial game coupon and the like
A process for permanently imaging data on lottery tickets and the like which comprises of steps of; providing an ink receptive, non-shrinking resinous coating on a webbed coupon substrate and heat curing the same, applying to the ink receptive resinous co...
4475113Drop-on-demand method and apparatus using converging nozzles and high viscosity fluids
A drop-on-demand ink jet printing method and apparatus in which the print head has an ink cavity which is filled with ink, and which has a nozzle designed so that ink does not flow out under static conditions. An electromechanical transducer is selectivel...
4455168Aqueous ink for ink-jet printing
An aqueous ink for ink-jet printing comprises a water-soluble dye, water and a compound selected from the group consisting and the compounds of formula (I) and the compounds of formula (II): ##STR1## wherein X1 represents ##STR2## ...
4446470Ink-jet color printing system
An ink-jet color printing system for painting a color image with complex colors arranged in ink-dot patterns; comprises a color image information input unit for reading out color image information from a color original, a color image information processin...
4445124Ink jet recording process
An ink jet recording process comprising jetting aqueous ink through a narrow nozzle, recovering the unused aqueous ink that has not reached the surface of an object to be recorded within an ink jet printer and then circulating it for re-use, characterized...
4425162Method for providing a color image by ink-jet printing
Colored ink useful within an ink-jet printing device is disclosed. The ink is comprised of specifically disclosed yellow dyes, magenta dyes and cyan dyes within an aqueous ink composition. The use of the specific dyes within the aqueous ink composition pr...
4421559Jet printing ink composition
An aqueous fluid ink particularly well suited for use in an ink jet printer is provided. The aqueous fluid ink compositions include a humectant in combination with urea for efficiently lowering the freezing point without a significant increase in viscosit...
4409040Ink for use in ink-jet printer
Ink for use in an ink-jet printer, said ink comprising a solution in water of a water-soluble dye, a wetting agent and a compound of the following formula ##STR1## wherein R represents --Cm H2m+1 or --O--Cm H2m+1...
4409039High stability printing liquid, intended more particularly for printing by ink jet
The invention relates to a high stability printing liquid, intended more particularly for printing by ink jet. The ink is in the state of a micro-emulsion formed by a dispersing phase containing a group of inter-compatible constituents and a dispersed phase ...
4400215Ink jet ink formulation for reduced start-up problems
An ink jet ink formulated to substantially reduce or eliminate start-up problems when an ink jet apparatus is initially discharged. The ink comprises at least two fluid components. The components have been matched to provide an ink that substantially main...
4396429Recording liquid
A recording liquid comprising an aqueous liquid composition containing a water-soluble dye as recording agent is characterized in that the content of m-phenylenediamine in said composition is 1000 ppm or less....
4395287Liquid recording material
A liquid recording material comprises a recording agent for forming a recording image and a liquid vehicle for dissolving or dispersing said recording agent therein and is characterized in that a polyalkylene glycol having an average molecular weight of 1...
4395288Liquid recording medium
A liquid recording medium for use in a recording process, wherein said recording medium is discharged from a discharge orifice in a recording head and spattered in the form of droplets for recording, and containing (a) a recording agent for forming record...
4391639Recording liquid
A recording liquid is characterized by containing as a dye a compound represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein R1 represents hydrogen or C1 -C2 alkyl, R2 and R3 each represent hydrogen, C...
4389503Opaque jet ink compositions
The present invention relates to non-pigmented jet ink compositions and to a method of producing opaque coded messages therewith. The compositions comprise, on a weight basis, between 2 and 15% of a gellable cellulose ester having a hydroxyl content of fr...
4383859Ink jet inks and method of making
An ink jet printing ink is first formulated in concentrated form, and in this form it is subjected to stressful operating conditions such as an elevated temperature. This stress causes particle formation. After filtration to remove these particles, the fi...
4383265Electroosmotic ink recording apparatus
A novel ink printing apparatus utilizes electroosmotic force on a face of dielectric substance substrate 10 between a needle shaped recording electrode 20 and a ring shaped auxiliary electrode 30. When a voltage of a suitable polarity is applied between t...
4381946Ink composition for ink-jet recording
The present invention relates to an ink composition for ink-jet recording. The ink is an aqueous solution comprising a water soluble acid or direct dye or mixtures thereof and a compound selected from the class of polyhydric alcohols having 1-4 carbon ato...
4378564Ink jet printing apparatus and process
An ink jet printing apparatus is shown which has a source of pressurized ink connected to a plurality of solenoid valves. Each valve has an input port in fluid communication with the pressurized ink source and an output port. A plurality of jeweled orific...
4373954Recording liquid and method for producing the same
A recording liquid composed of an aqueous composition containing a water-soluble dye as the recording agent comprises a total concentration of halogen ions and acid radicals containing in said composition within the range from 0.00001 to 0.5% by weight....
4365998Aqueous inks for ink jet printing
An aqueous ink for ink jet printing, comprising water, from about 0.2 to 15 parts by weight of a water-soluble dye, and from about 1 to 50 parts by weight of a compound represented by Formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R1 and R2 each...
4338133Jet printing ink composition
A jet printing ink composition comprises 2 to 60 wt.% of a binder precursor of an alkoxysilane having the formula R4-n Si(OH)n (n=0 to 2; and R represents a C1 -C4 alkoxy group, methoxyethoxy, ethoxyethoxy or ph...
4153593Fluorescent ink composition for jet printing
An aqueous jet printing ink composition which fluoresces under ultra violet radiation containing a water soluble fluorescent dye dissolved in the water base in an amount up to 2% by weight and a water soluble binder component dissolved in the water base i...
4150997Water base fluorescent ink for ink jet printing
An ink composition for utilization in ink jet printing comprising an aqueous solution of a fluorescent pigment, a dye solubilizer, and butyl carbitol. The composition is nonflammable and has a relatively stable viscosity....
4142905Waterless ink for non-impact jet printers
Disclosed is a new method of using an ink in an ink jet printer and the ink utilized thereby. It has been found that ethylene glycol is a suitable vehicle, provided an inorganic salt dissolved in the glycol to provide a required level of electrical conduc...
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