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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:
Feb. 06, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
William Berson, Westport, CT (US);
Julius Gluck, Norwalk, CT (US);
Patrick Murphy, Stamford, CT (US);
Christopher D Smith, New Milford, CT (US);
Duc H Tran, Bridgeport, CT (US);
Assignee:
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ; B41J / ; B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346 / ; 400120 ; 400191 ; 4002271 ;
Abstract
In printing apparatus of the type which includes structure for thermally transferring ink from a ribbon to a workpiece, wherein the ribbon includes a backing layer and an ink donor layer, there is provided a printing process which includes the step(s) of transferring ink from the ink donor layer to the workpiece and perforating the ribbon. Moreover, it is a feature of the invention to include the processing step of sensing perforating.