Smith Corona Corp.

Avery Dennison Corporation

Avery Dennison Retail Information Services, LLC

Paxar Americase, Inc.

Richard E Roberts

Raymond A Blanchard, Jr

Donald J Ward

Doris J McRae

Donald A Campbell

Timothy J Entingh

Michael R Brown

Regina A Davis

Clive G Jones

Monti D Emery

Wonnie Brown

A RFID printer for printing and determining the quality of RFID record members having transponders is provided. The RFID printer may be used to print RFID record members utilizing a continuous moving web. In particular, a RFID printer includes an integrated RFID data collector such that identifying RFID transponder information may be recorded and associated with a barcode for inventory tracking purposes. An association file created by the RFID printer may be transferred to a manufacturer or retailer brand owner. The association file may be deleted from the RFID printer upon acknowledgment of receipt of the transmitted association file to the manufacturer or retail brand owner. The RFID printer provides methods for determining quality of RFID printed record members.

Printer with integrated RFID data collector

There is disclosed an applicator and method for applying transfers such as heat transfers, decals or labels to transfer-receptive materials. The applicator has a lightweight, T-shaped, sheet metal support or frame having an applicator station. A motorized supply roll unwind and a motorized take-up roll rewind are mounted on the support to hold supply and take-up rolls, to tension the transfer-containing web and to advance the web onto the take-up roll after the transfer has been applied at the applicator station.

Portable applicator

There is disclosed an improved stacker, method of stacking sheets such as tags, and a stack of sheets. The stacker and the stacking method produces a stack of sheets, wherein same-size sheets are stacked so that the endmost sheet or sheets in one batch are offset or staggered to provide batch separators in a stack of sheets. The stacker includes an improved sheet feed mechanism that enables sheets having different characteristics to be fed without disassembling any portion of the mechanism or the stacker.

Web handling method and apparatus

Stacker and method of batch separation with sheets

A thesaurus feature for finding synonyms of words is provided for use with electronic typewriters having electronic spelling dictionaries for storing words in a data base contained in an electronic memory. Each word in the electronic dictionary which appears in the thesaurus is identified by a special code immediately following the word, so that the dictionary can be scanned quickly to determine if a given input word is in the thesaurus. If the word is in the thesaurus, the search for synonyms can proceed quickly. The input operations required of the typist are patterned after previously known operations to eliminate extensive learning or relearning on the part of the typist. Cascaded scanning of the display and listing operations are utilized to conserve time.

Thesaurus feature for electronic typewriters

A memory typewriter having an editable text stored in the memory together with a full-page correction buffer and individual counters associated with each differentiable word in the text. The combination permits determination and display of the most frequently used words in an edited text in order of descending frequency. Preferably, the combination includes a thesaurus list so that the typist can be altered if a frequently-used word in the display is also present in the thesaurus list. If so, the typist can then call for display of related synonyms by pressing or appropriate key controls and decide which of the synonyms, if any, to enter as replacement for the overused word.

Memory typewriter with count of overused words

An electronic typewriter having a punctuation checking feature checks each punctuation feature as it is stored in a memory section, against a set of predetermined rules which define punctuation errors in terms of the context of the punctuation mark. If the punctuation mark does not agree with the defined rules, a suitable alarm, such as a visual and/or audible signal is given to the typist. A plurality of algorithms form the basis for sub-routines which a microprocessor can execute to determine if any of the rules are violated. The punctuation of a complete file can be checked by calling out each character in the file, from beginning to end and applying the checking procedure.

Punctuation check feature for an electronic typewriter

A word-processing system or memory typewriter having a list of commonly-confused words together with a definition for each word in the list and associated alternative words and their definitions, all stored in the memory. An audiovisual warning signal is generated upon each entry of a commonly-confused word so that the typist can press key controls to display definitions of the entered word and its alternatives. The list is of general applicability but, where specific ones of the commonly-confused words cause no concern to a particular typist, the controls may be individually modified by that typist to suppress issuance of the warning signal when these specific words are entered thereafter. Preferably, a Dictionary List of properly-spelled words is present in the system and utilized in controlling access to the list of commonly-confused words. When the definition of an alternative word more nearly matches the one desired, the typist's pressing of the usual carrier return key on the typewriter keyboard causes the system to display and/or print the alternative in place of the misused original word (in proper alignment, of course).

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Richard E Roberts