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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. 04, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2003
Applicants:
Richard L. Carriere, Oak Creek, WI (US);
Kevin L. Wilken, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Inventors:
Richard L. Carriere, Oak Creek, WI (US);
Kevin L. Wilken, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Assignee:
Brady Worldwide, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 33/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A printer, suitable for use in a hand held printer, having a dual direction drive mechanism for driving ink ribbon in a forward feed direction and a reverse feed direction. The drive mechanism is mounted in a printer body, and includes a stationary gear drive assembly engageable with a pivotal drive gear assembly having a forward feed position and a reverse feed direction.