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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:
Aug. 14, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1987
Julius Gluck, Norwalk, CT (US);
Patrick Murphy, Stamford, CT (US);
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
In apparatus for thermally transferring ink from a ribbon, having backing and ink donor layers, to a letter, wherein the apparatus includes a frame, a thermal printhead, structure for controlling the printhead, and a roller rotatably connected to the frame for rotation when in engagement with a letter fed between the roller and a ribbon, there is provided an improvement for urging a ribbon and letter into engagement with one another. The improvement includes the printhead controlling structure including structure for disposing the printhead in a non-printing position permitting a ribbon to be located between the printhead and roller and in a printing position wherein the printhead is in engagement with the backing layer of a ribbon, and the printhead controlling structure including structure for resiliently supporting the printhead to urge the ink donor layer of a ribbon into contact with a letter when the printhead is disposed in the printing position.