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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:
Mar. 23, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Terrence L Fisher, Sr, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346 / ;
Abstract
A thermal printer contains a thermal print head with a bead line, a print drum with surface openings, and a two-part sensor assembly with a first member mounted on the thermal print head adjacent the bead line and a second member mounted in one of the surface openings. The first and second members of the sensor assembly are alignable to communicate with one another to detect the presence of the dye donor web. Because the sensors are mounted on the print drum and mounted on or embedded in the print head at the bead line, the dye donor web is detected at the print line.