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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1987
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tsutomu Ono, Iwateken, JP;
Tadao Kashiwaba, Iwate, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Sato, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ; B65C / ; B41J / ; G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346 / ; 101 66 ; 101 9304 ; 101288 ; 156384 ; 156577 ; 156D / ; 156D / ; 156D / ; 235385 ; 235432 ; 235487 ; 235488 ; 400120 ; 400 73 ; 400103 ; 346136 ;
Abstract
A portable thermal label printer employing an optical reader such as a pen or touch scanner for data input is disclosed. The operator needs only to hold the scanner, while the remaining components are held around the operator's waist or the like. The operator can therefore use both hands to handle articles of freight, and enables freight to be handled and labels to be printed easily and efficiently. Further, the arrangement of the thermal label roll with respect to the thermal print head enables the overall unit to be made light and compact.