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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. 05, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael M Richardson, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Edwin L Swartout, Glendale, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Kroy Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ; B41J / ; B41J / ; B44C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346 / ; 346136 ; 101 9307 ; 101288 ; 235432 ; 156384 ; 156577 ; 156D / ; 156D / ; 400 88 ; 400193 ; 400120 ; 400613 ;
Abstract
A tape supply including a replaceable tape supply cartridge for a portable, hand held thermal printing or transfer device having a receiving pocket, a supply of tape, a tape pathway aligned with the printhead and the mechanism for sensing relative movement between the device and the substrate and a structure to facilitate manual advancement of tape by pulling the tape past the printhead. The invention also relates to a thermal device having a self contained tape supply cartridge wherein the tape is advanced by manually pulling the tape past the printhead.