Kroy Industries, Inc.

Kroy LLC

Thomas P Connoy

Franklin C Bradshaw

Michael W Paque

Dennis A Deutsch

A device for laminating a piece of adhesive coated laminating tape onto a section of lettered tape comprising a housing having a first roller rotatably mounted between the side walls of the housing, a second roller rotatably mounted between the side walls of the housing, a supply of adhesive coated tape rotatably mounted within the housing and rearwardly of the first and second rollers, a guide for guiding a section of the lettered tape toward the laminating station and a cut-off edge for severing the adhesive coated tape.

Laminating device for lettered tape

A printing cartridge for supplying image carrying tape and printing ribbon in a printing apparatus including a cartridge housing comprising a tape and ribbon supply section and an elongated guide section rigidly and integrally joined with the supply section, a spool of image carrying tape rotatably supported within the tape and ribbon supply section and a supply of printing ribbon disposed within the tape and ribbon supply section. The printing cartridge also includes a wall section for retaining the spool of image carrying tape in a generally circular configuration, a device for limiting the movement of the image carrying tape from the tape and ribbon supply section in a forward direction only, an improved guide structure for guiding the tape and ribbon through the elongated guide section and an improved structure for aligning the cartridge with respect to a cartridge carrier.

Tape-ribbon printing cartridge

A dry lettering printing apparatus comprising a printing station, a means for providing a color carrying ribbon and image carrying tape at the printing station, a means for providing a raised character in printing alignment at the printing station, an improved force generating means for exerting a printing force at the printing station and an improved means for advancing the tape and ribbon into printing alignment at the printing station. The improved advancement means includes a cartridge carrier movable reciprocally toward and away from the printing station for advancing the tape into printing alignment.

Printing apparatus

A printing cartridge for supplying tape and ribbon in a printing apparatus in which the tape and ribbon is advanced by reciprocal movement of the cartridge carrier toward and away from the printing station. The printing cartridge includes a cartridge housing, a spool of image carrying tape and a spool of printing ribbon, both rotatably supported within the housing, a guide means for guiding the tape and ribbon from the cartridge toward the printing station and a means for creating a braking action with respect to the tape and the ribbon for resisting free movement thereof from said tape cartridge.

Printing cartridge

An improved force exerting means for a printing apparatus of the type having a printing station, a printing force resisting means, a front element and an image carrier wherein said improved force exerting means includes a curved force exerting surface, a means for guiding and supporting the curved surface in rolling movement relative to a printing station between first and second positions such that a printing force is exerted against successive portions of a printing surface, and means for moving the curved surface in rolling movement between said first and second positions.

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Lino Lakes, MN, United States of America

Thomas P Connoy