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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:
May. 23, 1989
Filed:
Feb. 01, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter A Basile, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Kroy Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ; B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400120 ; 400208 ;
Abstract
A thermal transfer device or the like and a tape-ribbon cartridge designed for operative insertion into and use with such device. The device and cartridge of the present invention includes a tape-ribbon drive system for driving the tape and ribbon through the thermal transfer device including a drive roller connected with the machine and a corresponding drive roller mounted within the cartridge and biased toward the machine drive roller. The device and cartridge of the present invention also includes an alignment system comprising a floating alignment member for insuring proper transfer alignment between the platen and the printhead.