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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. 16, 1993
Filed:
May. 20, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ikuzo Sugiura, Sagamihara, JP;
Mitsuo Uchimura, Numazu, JP;
Kouichi Kawamura, Mishima, JP;
Ronald L Fogle, Lebanon, OH (US);
Orville C Huggins, Dayton, OH (US);
Assignee:
Monarch Marking Systems, Inc., Dayton, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400242 ; 400248 ; 400250 ; 400208 ; 242197 ; 242199 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed a printer having a thermal print head and a cooperable platen roll. The platen roll is driven to advance a web of record medium and an ink ribbon into cooperation with the print head. The printer can use an ink ribbon cartridge. The printer has a compact arrangement for the record medium supply roll, the ink ribbon cartridge, the printing mechanism, the drive mechanism, the keyboard, and the cutting mechanism for cutting tags from the web.