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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:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
James William Engel, Simi Valley, CA (US);
John Tomasik, Littleton, CO (US);
Assignee:
ZIH Corp., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 1/516 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 1/516 ;
Abstract
An image forming device for separating a printable medium from a continuous protective backing strip attached thereto includes a stepped stripper roller shaft encircled by a roller sleeve adapted to press a platen of the device wherein the image forming device causes the continuous strip to pass over a stripper bar and directs the protective backing strip to move under the stripper bar and between the platen and the roller sleeve while the printable medium continuously moves out of the device from over the stripper bar.