Summit World Trade Corporation

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Philip W McLean

Christ H Heipp

Michael D Tartamella

Goeffrey G Cochrane

Samuel K Taylor

Samual K Taylor

Russell R English

A mobile printer having features particularly suited for use in a mobile conveyance such as an airplane. The printer stores a first data set in a memory that is accessed under control of a programmable controller. The printer then receives a second data set via a communications transceiver. Data from the first and second data sets are combined to form a composite bit mapped image which is printed by means of a thermal printhead controlled by the programmable controller.

Airborne thermal printer

A mobile printer having features particularly suited for use in a mobile conveyance such as an airplane. The printer stores a first data set in a memory that is accessed under control of a programmable controller. The printer then receives a second data set via a communications transceiver. Data from the first and second data sets are combined to form a composite bit mapped image which is printed by means of a thermal printhead controlled by the programmable controller. The thermal printhead uses rolls of thermally sensitive paper which are supported by means of a mandrel roll. The thermal paper is positioned adjacent the print head by means of a platen roll. A biasing force is provided to bias the platen roll away from the print head when a door in the printer housing is opened to provide a space into which the free end of the roll of paper can enter. A cam is provided on the underside of the door to close the gap between the platen roll and the print head when the housing door is closed so that the platen roll presses the paper against the print head while the printing operation takes place. A back pressure acts on the paper upstream of the platen and idler rolls to straighten the paper with respect to the print head.

Device for immobilizing a patient's limb. The device comprises an elongated, three-sided, resilient support member of generally U-shaped cross-section, open at the top and comprising a base or bottom wall and a pair of side walls extending upwardly from the base, and fastener means extending from one side wall to the other across the open top of the support member. The support member is preferably made of a closed cell plastic foam material, coated with a thin adherent washable coating. The side walls are preferably perpendicular to the base, defining an opening of rectangular cross-section for receiving a patient's limb or portion thereof. Fastener means may include either a plurality of transversely extending straps (preferably Velcro) or a plastic sheet having means (such as short Velcro strips) which will engage the side walls.

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Richfield, OH, United States of America

Philip W McLean