Media processing device with enhanced media and ribbon loading and unloading features

    公开(公告)号:US10201982B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-12

    申请号:US15891778

    申请日:2018-02-08

    Applicant: ZIH CORP.

    Abstract: An example disclosed printer includes a base; a lid hingedly attached to the base movable between a closed position in which the lid is secured to the base, and an open position in which the lid is at least partially separated from the base; a cavity defined between the lid and the base, wherein the cavity is inaccessible when the lid is in the closed position and the cavity is accessible when the lid is in the open position; a ribbon positioning assembly disposed within the cavity that is pivotably attached to at least one of the lid or the base wherein the ribbon positioning assembly is configured to move between a printing position when the lid is in the closed position, and an accessible position when the lid is in the open position, wherein the ribbon positioning assembly comprises a ribbon tensioning mechanism.

    Auxiliary media unit transporter for media processing devices

    公开(公告)号:US10189660B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-29

    申请号:US15643966

    申请日:2017-07-07

    Applicant: ZIH Corp.

    Abstract: A media processing device with a housing includes: a motorized media unit transporter to drive a media unit along a media processing path between an unprocessed media unit source and a processed media unit output; an auxiliary media unit transporter including a roller connected to a converter, and a bias member connected between the converter and the housing. In a first operating mode, the auxiliary transporter receives the media unit from the transporter to drive the roller and the converter; rotation of the converter deforms the bias member from a resting position to a primed position. In a second operating mode initiated upon rotation of the converter to a bias release position, the auxiliary transporter propels the media unit by releasing the bias member from the primed position to drive rotation of the converter and the roller as the bias member returns to the resting position.

    Rejected media unit storage for media processing devices

    公开(公告)号:US10189288B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-29

    申请号:US15643925

    申请日:2017-07-07

    Applicant: ZIH CORP.

    Abstract: A media processing device includes: a housing having an opening providing access to a cassette removably supported within the housing; a media unit holder configured to receive a rejected media unit driven between the opening and a body of the cassette along a media reject path; the media unit holder including: a deck having a support surface between a body of the cassette and the opening, the support surface facing the opening; the deck configured to receive the rejected media unit on the support surface for removal of the rejected media unit via the opening.

    METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MITIGATE INTERFERENCE AND TO EXTEND FIELD OF VIEW IN ULTRA-WIDEBAND SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:US20190028385A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-24

    申请号:US16131616

    申请日:2018-09-14

    Applicant: ZIH CORP.

    Abstract: An example apparatus includes a first detector configured to generate a first digitized stream of pulses and a second detector configured to generate a second digitized stream of pulses; a first packet decoder configured to decode a first valid over-the-air packet from the first digitized stream of pulses and generate a first time-stamped tag data packet; a second packet decoder configured to decode a second valid over-the-air packet from the second digitized stream of pulses; an arbiter configured to receive at least one of first and second time-stamped tag data packets and to select a time-stamped tag data packet from the at least one of the first and second time-stamped tag data packets; and a packet formatter to formulate a network data packet based on the selected time-stamped tag data packet.

    AUXILIARY MEDIA UNIT TRANSPORTER FOR MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20190010002A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-10

    申请号:US15643966

    申请日:2017-07-07

    Applicant: ZIH Corp.

    Abstract: A media processing device with a housing includes: a motorized media unit transporter to drive a media unit along a media processing path between an unprocessed media unit source and a processed media unit output; an auxiliary media unit transporter including a roller connected to a converter, and a bias member connected between the converter and the housing. In a first operating mode, the auxiliary transporter receives the media unit from the transporter to drive the roller and the converter; rotation of the converter deforms the bias member from a resting position to a primed position. In a second operating mode initiated upon rotation of the converter to a bias release position, the auxiliary transporter propels the media unit by releasing the bias member from the primed position to drive rotation of the converter and the roller as the bias member returns to the resting position.

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