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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:
Jul. 15, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 1/142 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 1/142 ;
Abstract
A printer capable of stably transporting a web at high speed and with a high accuracy has a printing unit ( ) for forming images on a web (W); a yet-to-be-printed web control means ( ) for controlling the traveling position and tension of the web at a position upstream in a web transporting direction of the printing unit; and an after-printed web control means ( ) for controlling the traveling position and tension of the web at a position downstream in the web transporting direction of the printing unit.