Aps Engineering

Aps Trading Ood

Illinois Tool Works Inc.

Aps France

Aps Manufacturing Eood

Denis Montagutelli

Ian D Taylor

Kevin Roy Cartwright

Nicholas L Barnes

Junior Lescott

The compact thermal printing mechanism according to the invention is applicable for handheld payment terminals. The invention provides a printer chassis () with reinforced flat area () by at least one reinforcing element comprising a fold of the printer chassis (). This folded portion of the printer chassis strengthens the chassis and provides a very strong resistance to bending forces of the lateral pressure means () of the platen roller (). The stable and uniform pressure distribution across the paper width ensures uniform print quality.

Compact thermal printing mechanism

Thermal print mechanism comprising a printer chassis, a thermal printhead, a platen roller having a conductive shaft, a manner of imparting motion to put the platen roller in rotation, two lateral conductive contacts arranged on the printer chassis so as to be directly or indirectly in electrical contact with two opposite ends of the platen roller conductive shaft for conducting of electrical current, thus forming an electrical switch. At least one nonconductive part of one end of the conductive shaft interacting with one two lateral conductive contact or at least one nonconductive element mounted on said one end of the conductive shaft, is arranged so as to open and to close the switch when the platen roller is rotating.

Printer ready to print detection system for a thermal printing mechanism

A thermal printing device for electronic voting apparatus including a casing with paper reservoir for receiving a paper roll, an openable external lid with a transparent window for observing of a printed part of the paper, a thermal printing unit with a driving rubber roller for the paper, a cutting device with two blades, a paper transport unit for transporting the paper, arranged below the transparent window, and a ballot discharge opening of the casing provided after the paper transport unit. The rubber roller and one of the blades of the cutting device are integral with part of the paper transport unit that is openable in order to give access to the paper reservoir.

Thermal printing device for electronic voting apparatus

A cassette device is arranged to be removably mounted to or inserted into a printing device of a weighing scale housing a print-head mechanism and a drive roller. The cassette device includes a feed hub and a take-up hub rotatably mounted to a wall for cooperating with the drive roller. The wall forms a part of or closure for the weighing scale housing. Label roll end sensing, backing paper tension control, print head movement and pressure adjustment, and label feed/print line alignment arrangements are also described.

Weighing scale with cassette device that moves print head upon insertion with label printer

The device of the invention is a device for issuing a ticket () from a tape reserve for a printing mechanism. Such device implements at least one pair of rolls () motorized () for driving the ticket () towards an evacuation opening () of the mechanism. The implementation of motorized means () for driving the rolls () is slaved to first control means () for issuing A' the ticket () and second control means () for retracting B&#x2032; the ticket (). Means () for inhibiting second control means () are slaved to means () for detecting the moment when the user is taking the ticket () in the retracting path B&#x2032;, for authorizing reverse rotational impulse of the driving rolls () in order to return the ticket () notwithstanding a prior control () for retracting the ticket ().

Device for issuing a ticket for thermal or analogue printing mechanism, authorizing the restitution of the ticket against a reverse withdrawal control

A thermal printing mechanism comprises a frame accommodating a motor for driving a print tape, a thermal printing head, a carrying roller and electronic control means. The frame is provided with a metal stiffening plate substantially extending along the length thereof, acting as a support for the motor, on which plate it is fixed by means of welding in order to form means for dissipating the heat. Said plate is also used as a support for pushing the spring for the printing head towards the carrying roller. The mechanism is electronically controlled by means of a flexible connector which is connected to remote control means for said mechanism and which is used to evacuate electrostatic charges.

Thermal printing mechanism, in particularly applicable to payment terminals

A thermal printing head comprises a guide member made in a single-piece and designed as a jumper comprising two superimposed walls, covering, at least partly, respectively and jointly both surfaces of a flexible printed circuit board and providing between them a space for the passage of the support guide wing, enclosed by the flexible printed circuit board, such that the guide member can be elastically nested on the guide wing of the support and provides protection for the flexible printed circuit board in the zone of its junction with the support, and such that, one of the walls of the guide member comprising fingers producing localized elastic pressure on the flexible printed circuit board, an electric contact is provided between the flexible printed circuit board and the support for grounding the printing head via the flexible printed circuit.

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Denis Montagutelli