Esselte Meto International Gmbh

Nokia Mobile Phones Limited

Nokia Corporation

Dirk Umbach

Thomas Fuhrmann

Ricky William Barnett

Mark Robert Mason

Tony James Horne

Terence Johnson

Bruce Samuels

Annett Wilke

Annett Ortscheid

Ulf Koch

Rainer Weber

Dirk Michalzik

Annett Ortscheid (nee Wilke)

Arno Korner

A hand held communications device is provided. The device includes: a circuit board including electronic components; display coupled to the circuit board; a housing substantially surrounding the circuit board and electronic components, wherein the housing includes a base element covering a bottom side of the circuit board and electronic components and a housing element attached to the base element covering a top side of the circuit board and electronic components, wherein the housing element includes a display aperture with the display partially projecting therethrough; and a cover removably connected to the housing by a connection, wherein the cover and the base element substantially enclose the housing element therebetween.

Radiotelephone

An electronic radiotelephone comprising: a first housing; a second housing releasably attachable to the first housing to meet with the first housing around the periphery of the radiotelephone; and retaining means comprising a cover for holding the electronic components of the radiotelephone to the first housing when the second housing is released from attachment with the first housing.

An electronic radiotelephone comprising: a first housing; a second housing releasably attachable to the first housing to meet with the first housing around the periphery of the radiotelephone; and retaining means comprising a cover, for holding the electronic components of the radiotelephone to the first housing when the second housing is released from attachment with the first housing.

The invention relates to an electronic device having a housing () which has a housing wall () with openings () for control elements () and/or display elements (). Attachment means () for detachably connecting to the housing () an external wall element () which at least partially covers the housing wall () being present on the housing (), the external wall element () having openings (') which are aligned with the openings () in the housing wall (). As a result, by using different external wall elements () the external appearance of the electronic device can be easily modified.

Electronic device with housing supplement

The invention relates to an electronic device having a housing, which has a housing wall with openings for control elements and/or display elements. An external wall element, which at least partially covers the housing wall, is detachably connected to the housing. The external wall element has openings which are aligned with the openings in the housing wall. As a result, by using different external wall elements the external appearance of the electronic device can be easily modified.

The invention relates to an electronic device having a housing ( ) which has a housing wall ( ) with openings ( ) for control elements ( ) and/or display elements ( ). Attachment device ( ) for detachably connecting to the housing ( ) an external wall element ( ) which at least partially covers the housing wall ( ) being present on the housing ( ), the external wall element ( ) having openings ( &prime;) which are aligned with the openings ( ) in the housing wall ( ). As a result, by using different external wall elements ( ) the external appearance of the electronic device can be easily modified.

An inventive device (1) for cordless telephones (4), with which a base station (2) and at least one charging station (3) are associated in order to charge a battery of a cordless telephone (4) via the charging station (3) when the cordless telephone (4) is located in the charging station (3), is characterized by a mechanical connecting device (10, 11, 14, 17) for detachably connecting the charging station (3) and base station (2) to one another. As a result, more flexible possibilities of use for the charging station (3) are obtained.

Base station with detachable charger for cordless phone systems

Label printer such as for printing stick-on labels, barcode labels, and

A reusable ribbon cassette can be provided for a printer for printing on labels by using an ink transferred from the ribbon to the label material, wherein the ribbon cassette provides the ribbon for the printing. Such a re-usable cassette for a ribbon which is used up rapidly, in particular an ink ribbon in a thermal transfer printing process, has two parallel housing halves, one of which has vertically projecting pins onto which the other housing half can be pushed, and then maintained in position by friction. When the cassette is open, the tape, which is conventionally wound on a tape core, can be pushed onto the cores or core pairs of the cassette, and thereby become simultaneously non-rotationally connected to the cores. The connecting pins for the two housing halves advantageously simultaneously form deflector elements for the tape. The deflector pins are also detachable, so that the pins can be replaced by shorter or longer ones, thereby making it possible to use a narrower or wider tape for the cassette. The cores, or at least one core per core pair, can be coupled to the corresponding shaft by means of internal and external teeth, whereby one of the shafts is a drive shaft.

Reusable ink ribbon cassette for a label printer, the cassette being

To conserve relatively expensive printing ribbon, in particular a thermal transfer ribbon, when a portion of the medium which is not to be printed, e.g. the space between two labels, passes through the printing area, after the end of the printing process for a first label or similar item, the thermal transfer ribbon is stopped, and simultaneously the application force of the print head, in particular of the thermal print head, against the counterpressure roller is neutralized, and when the next label or similar item to be printed arrives in the printing area, the pressure on the thermal print head is reactivated, and simultaneously the advance of the thermal transfer ribbon is resumed, whereby the controlled stopping of the thermal transfer ribbon is accomplished by means of a stopping device which stops the first spool from which the ribbon is unwound, and by means of a slip clutch which makes possible the simultaneous stopping of the second spool which winds up the ribbon, in spite of the fact that the drive motor continues to run.

Printer such as a printer for printing self-adhesive labels having a

A connecting element for a printer housing has housing parts which are connected to one another by at least one connecting element, into which connecting element is integrated a locator device in the form of a T-slot for anchoring peripheral devices to the housing of the printer. Peripheral devices can be detachably connected to the locator device either directly or indirectly by means of an anchor plate.

Printer and a printer with a fastening device for attaching a peripheral

To be able to set up and operate a printer with a control panel in any position, the printer housing or similar structure of the printer contains a panel receptacle for holding a removable control panel, whereby the latter is connected to the control components of the printer by means of a cable, or at least a wireless infrared transmitter, and that the control panel is fixed at least in the direction of withdrawal in the panel receptacle by means of at least one magnet.

Printer having a removable control panel

A printer having a spring-loaded print head which can be pressed against a counterpressure roller, wherein an active strand of a printing ribbon and a medium to be printed run between the print head and the counterpressure roller, can be configured such that the printing ribbon is unwound from a first spool and is wound up on a second spool, can preferably have a slip clutch disposed between the drive of the second spool and the second spool and/or between a drive and a drive roller in contact with the medium to be printed, and the slip clutch can be disposed in a wheel with a concentric shaft. Between the shaft and the wheel there can be at least one pair of axially spring-loaded friction discs. As an advantageous connection, the invention teaches that the wheel can be designed as an openable hollow body, that all the elements of the slip clutch are located inside the wheel, and that the shaft can be inserted into the slip clutch, whereby the at least one shaft-side friction disc can be connected to the shaft in an interlocking manner.

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Dirk Umbach