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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 1998
Filed:
May. 23, 1995
Charles T Groswith, III, Los Altos, CA (US);
William A Banks, Carrollton, TX (US);
Eugene F Duval, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Roger M Gray, Lewisville, TX (US);
Raymond D Heistand, II, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Barry C Kockler, Lewisville, TX (US);
Warren K Shannon, Highland Village, TX (US);
Robert E Smith, Woodside, CA (US);
William J Usitalo, Farmers Branch, TX (US);
Taurus Impressions, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A dual station hot debossing stamper for a report or book cover includes a print engine having a character finger daisy wheel forcer and a logo die forcer which are actuatable independently by a common servo motor through respective gear trains. A heat and pressure transferable foil tape character cartridge and print wheel are inserted and locked into the engine in a character debossment operation with a motor driving the print wheel. Removal of the character cartridge and insertion of a logo transfer tape cartridge shifts the gears in the print engine. The tape of the character cartridge used with the print daisy wheel has a narrower tape width than that of the logo cartridge. Each of the tape cartridges includes an anti-back rotation spring attached to a reel in the cartridge and may include an adjustable tape advance and indicating means for determining the remaining length of tape on a supply reel. A method of loading heat and force transferable material-containing tape into the cartridges is disclosed.