公开(公告)号：US12103324B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-01

申请号：US18331927

申请日：2023-06-08

申请人： NIDEC INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION

发明人： Ryo Uchiyama

IPC分类号： B41J32/00 ,  B41J2/325 ,  B41J33/00 ,  B41J35/36 ,  B41J15/04

CPC分类号： B41J32/00 ,  B41J2/325 ,  B41J33/003 ,  B41J35/36 ,  B41J15/044

摘要： In an ink ribbon cassette, a case housing an ink ribbon wound around a supply-side bobbin and the ink ribbon wound around a wind-up side bobbin includes a case main body including a cylindrical supply-side case portion to house the ink ribbon wound around the supply-side bobbin and a cylindrical wind-up side case portion to house the ink ribbon wound around the wind-up side bobbin and a cover to close one end of the cylindrically formed supply-side case portion and one end of the cylindrically formed wind-up side case portion. The cover is removably attached to the case main body.

公开(公告)号：US20240286423A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-29

申请号：US18175076

申请日：2023-02-27

申请人： PRINTRONIX, LLC

发明人： Yu-Min Grant Chang ,  Robert Ovcharenko ,  Lee Fang Chong ,  Ming Ming Yin

IPC分类号： B41J32/00 ,  B41J33/22 ,  B41J33/36 ,  B41J35/36 ,  G06K15/10

CPC分类号： B41J32/00 ,  B41J33/22 ,  B41J33/36 ,  B41J35/36 ,  G06K15/10 ,  B41J2203/01

摘要： Systems and methods related to adaptive ribbon speed control for a line matrix impact printer are provided. A ribbon cartridge includes a ribbon configured to be driven at a ribbon speed, and a ribbon gear configured to rotate with movement of the ribbon. The ribbon includes a ribbon joint patch detectable via a first sensor to determine a first ribbon speed of the ribbon. Rotation of the ribbon gear is detectable via a second sensor to determine a second ribbon speed of the ribbon. A target ribbon speed is determined based on at least one print job characteristic. A current ribbon speed is determined based on the first ribbon speed and the second ribbon speed. The ribbon speed is adjusted based on a difference between the current ribbon speed and the target ribbon speed. Associated systems and methods are also provided.

公开(公告)号：US20220227121A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-21

申请号：US17590323

申请日：2022-02-01

申请人： VIDEOJET TECHNOLOGIES INC.

发明人： Jeremy Ellis ,  Philip Hart ,  Gareth Walley

IPC分类号： B41F16/00 ,  B41J2/36 ,  B41J35/36

摘要： A method for monitoring a characteristic of a printed image of a thermal transfer printer. The method comprises providing a ribbon and a substrate at a printing location of the thermal transfer printer. The method further comprises printing an image on the substrate at the printing location by transferring ink from a region of the ribbon in a printing operation, a negative image being formed on the region of ribbon. The method further comprises transporting the region of ribbon, by a ribbon transport system, from the printing location towards an imaging location along a ribbon transport path. The method further comprises when a characteristic of the ribbon transport meets a predetermined criterion, obtaining, by an image capture system, a ribbon image of the negative image. The method further comprises processing said ribbon image to generate data indicative of the characteristic of the printed image.

公开(公告)号：US20180186154A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-05

申请号：US15896358

申请日：2018-02-14

申请人： Assa Abloy AB

发明人： Jeffrey Lee Stangler ,  Tanya Jegeris Snyder ,  James Andrew Rieck ,  Andrew William Slotto

IPC分类号： B41J2/325 ,  B41J35/36 ,  B41J17/36

CPC分类号： B41J2/325 ,  B41J17/36 ,  B41J35/36

摘要： A print section sensor for detecting registration marks on a transfer ribbon in a ribbon feed path includes a reflective sensor configured to detect the registration marks and a transmissive sensor configured to detect the registration marks. The reflective sensor is located upstream of the transmissive sensor relative to a feed direction of the transfer ribbon.

公开(公告)号：US20180056681A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-01

申请号：US15686402

申请日：2017-08-25

申请人： AIMO MARKING CO., LTD

发明人： Wei Du ,  Jinpeng Guo

IPC分类号： B41J15/04 ,  B41J17/36 ,  B41J35/36

CPC分类号： B41J15/044 ,  B41J3/4075 ,  B41J17/36 ,  B41J32/00 ,  B41J35/36

摘要： The disclosure relates to a label ribbon cartridge provided with an identification sheet supporting member, a detection surface of a detection arm of which is provided with an identification sheet that is horizontally suspended in air; a supporting member is arranged on a lower surface of the identification sheet, a lower end of the supporting member is in contact connection with the detection surface of the detection arm or is close to the detection surface of the detection arm in a non-contact manner. The label ribbon cartridge provided with an identification sheet supporting member is stable and reliable in performance, simple in structure and easy in production and processing.

公开(公告)号：US09522556B2

公开(公告)日：2016-12-20

申请号：US14226417

申请日：2014-03-26

申请人： Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

发明人： Koshiro Yamaguchi ,  Masato Kato ,  Tsuyoshi Nagae ,  Teruo Imamaki ,  Takashi Horiuchi ,  Akira Sago ,  Yasuhiro Iriyama ,  Yasuhiro Shibata

IPC分类号： B41J15/00 ,  B41J33/14 ,  B41J11/00 ,  B41J15/04 ,  B41J2/32 ,  B41J3/407 ,  B41J32/00 ,  B41J35/36

CPC分类号： B41J33/14 ,  B41J2/32 ,  B41J3/4075 ,  B41J11/009 ,  B41J15/044 ,  B41J32/00 ,  B41J35/36

摘要： A tape cassette for use with a label printer having a plurality of tape type detecting switches that includes a housing having a front wall, a tape feed exit on the front wall, a top surface, and a bottom surface, a tape included at least partially in the housing and configured to be fed along a tape feed path extending to the tape feed exit, a recess on the front wall extending from the bottom surface towards the top surface, and an aperture on the front wall. The aperture is positioned downstream, in a tape feed path direction, of the recess, and is configured to receive one of the tape type detecting switches. The tape feed path direction is a direction in which the tape is configured to be fed along a portion of the tape feed path proximate to the front wall.

摘要翻译： 一种用于具有多个带式检测开关的标签打印机的带盒，包括具有前壁，前壁上的送带出口，顶表面和底表面的壳体，至少部分地包括 在所述壳体中并且被配置为沿着延伸到所述带馈送出口的带馈送路径馈送，所述前壁上的从所述底表面朝向所述顶表面延伸的凹部以及所述前壁上的孔。 孔位于凹槽的带馈送路径方向的下游，并且被配置为接收带式检测开关之一。 带馈送路径方向是沿着带馈送路径的靠近前壁的一部分被配置为馈送带的方向。

公开(公告)号：US09511610B2

公开(公告)日：2016-12-06

申请号：US14226402

申请日：2014-03-26

申请人： Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

发明人： Koshiro Yamaguchi ,  Takashi Horiuchi ,  Akira Sago

IPC分类号： B41J15/00 ,  B41J33/14 ,  B41J11/00 ,  B41J15/04 ,  B41J2/32 ,  B41J3/407 ,  B41J32/00 ,  B41J35/36

CPC分类号： B41J33/14 ,  B41J2/32 ,  B41J3/4075 ,  B41J11/009 ,  B41J15/044 ,  B41J32/00 ,  B41J35/36

摘要： A tape cassette that includes a housing having a front wall and a tape feed exit located on the front wall, a tape included at least partially in the housing and configured to be fed along a tape feed path extending to the tape feed exit, and tape type indicator portions on the front wall. A combination of the tape type indicator portions forms a pattern corresponding to a type of the tape included at least partially in the housing. The tape type indicator portions are positioned to oppose corresponding ones of tape type detecting switches, with a first subset of the tape type indicator portions having a first elevation and a second subset of the tape type indicator portions having a second elevation. At least two portions from the second subset of the tape type indicator portions are located in a common trench in the front wall.

摘要翻译： 一种盒式磁带，其包括具有位于前壁上的前壁和带进给出口的壳体，至少部分地包括在壳体中并且构造成沿着延伸到带馈送出口的带馈送路径馈送的带，以及带 类型指示器部分在前壁上。 带型指示器部分的组合形成对应于至少部分地包括在壳体中的带的类型的图案。 带型指示器部分被定位成与相应的带式检测开关相对，带型指示器部分的第一子集具有第一高度，带形指示器部分的第二子集具有第二高度。 带式指示器部分的第二子集的至少两个部分位于前壁中的公共沟槽中。

公开(公告)号：US09469142B2

公开(公告)日：2016-10-18

申请号：US14226411

申请日：2014-03-26

申请人： Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

发明人： Koshiro Yamaguchi ,  Tsuyoshi Nagae ,  Teruo Imamaki ,  Takashi Horiuchi ,  Akira Sago ,  Yasuhiro Shibata

IPC分类号： B41J15/00 ,  B41J33/14 ,  B41J11/00 ,  B41J15/04 ,  B41J2/32 ,  B41J3/407 ,  B41J32/00 ,  B41J35/36

摘要： A tape cassette that includes a housing having a front wall and a tape feed exit located on the front wall, a tape included at least partially within the housing and configured to be fed along a tape feed path to the tape feed exit, a recess formed on the front wall extending from a bottom surface of the housing towards a top surface of the housing, and a first tape type indicator aperture on a bottom edge of the front wall. The first tape type indicator aperture is positioned downstream, in a tape feed direction, of the recess. The tape feed direction is a direction in which the tape is configured to be fed along a portion of the tape feed path proximate to the front wall.

公开(公告)号：US08957930B2

公开(公告)日：2015-02-17

申请号：US14222068

申请日：2014-03-21

申请人： Yuichi Aihara

发明人： Yuichi Aihara

IPC分类号： B41J35/36 ,  B41J17/36 ,  B41J2/325

CPC分类号： B41J2/325 ,  B41J17/36 ,  B41J35/36

摘要： To provide a printing apparatus with high printing quality that reduces a transport amount of an ink ribbon except printing operation and that suppresses skew of the ink ribbon, diameters of spools 43, 44 are calculated from rotation amounts of the supply spool 43 and wind-up spool 44 corresponding to a printing length in a sub-scanning direction of the printing data during driving of a thermal head 40, a value of the calculated diameter is compared with a value of a beforehand set diameter, it is thereby determined whether or not an ink ribbon 41 is near empty, and when the ink ribbon is not near empty, the ribbon 41 is wound around the spool 44 up to a printing end position in which a rear end of a used portion of the ribbon 41 passes through a peeling member 28, while when the ink ribbon is near empty, the ribbon 41 is wound around the spool 44 until an empty mark EMP_M arrives at a position detectable by a sensor Se2, and then is rewound around the spool 43 until a front end of an unused portion of the ribbon 41 arrives at a feeding position.

摘要翻译： 为了提供具有高打印质量的打印设备，其减少除了打印操作之外的色带的传送量并且抑制色带的偏斜，由供给卷轴43的旋转量和卷绕量计算卷轴43,44的直径 卷轴44对应于在热敏头40的驱动期间的打印数据的副扫描方向上的打印长度，将计算的直径的值与预先设定的直径的值进行比较，从而确定是否 色带41接近空白，当墨带不接近空白时，色带41卷绕在卷轴44上直到打印结束位置，其中色带41的使用部分的后端穿过剥离构件 如图28所示，当墨带接近空时，色带41卷绕在卷轴44上，直到空标记EMP_M到达可由传感器Se2检测的位置，然后绕卷轴43绕回直到前端 色带41的未使用部分到达馈送位置。

公开(公告)号：US06859222B2

公开(公告)日：2005-02-22

申请号：US10034029

申请日：2001-12-27

申请人： Kenneth O. Wood ,  John K. White ,  Kurt J. Ehrhardt

发明人： Kenneth O. Wood ,  John K. White ,  Kurt J. Ehrhardt

IPC分类号： B41J2/325 ,  B41F1/32 ,  B41J20060101 ,  B41J1/00 ,  B41J2/315 ,  B41J2/32 ,  B41J3/28 ,  B41J11/00 ,  B41J11/06 ,  B41J11/08 ,  B41J11/10 ,  B41J11/20 ,  B41J11/22 ,  B41J11/48 ,  B41J13/10 ,  B41J13/14 ,  B41J13/20 ,  B41J13/22 ,  B41J13/24 ,  B41J17/28 ,  B41J17/32 ,  B41J25/316 ,  B41J31/00 ,  B41J35/36 ,  G01D15/16 ,  G01D15/24 ,  G01N33/02

CPC分类号： B41J25/316

摘要： Disclosed are the following: a wide format thermal printer for printing a multicolor graphic product on a printing sheet; a vacuum workbed for supporting a sheet material for performing work operations, such as cutting, printing or plotting, thereon; a replaceable donor sheet assembly, which includes a memory, for use with a thermal printer; methods and apparatus for improved thermal printing, including methods and apparatus for conserving donor sheet and reducing the amount of time required to print a multicolor graphic product; a thermal printhead including a memory; and methods and apparatus for the alignment of a sheet material for printing or performing other work operations on the sheet material. The wide format thermal printer can include provision for the automatic loading of cassettes of donor sheet from a cassette storage rack. The vacuum workbed can include provision for determining the size of the sheet material supported by the workbed, and for controlling the suction applied to the apertures in a worksurface of the workbed. Also disclosed are methods and apparatus for controlling the tension of the donor sheet during printing with a wide format thermal printer.

摘要翻译： 公开如下：用于在打印纸上打印多色图形产品的宽格式热敏打印机; 用于支撑用于执行诸如切割，印刷或绘图之类的工作操作的片材的真空工作台; 可替换的供体片组件，其包括与热敏打印机一起使用的存储器; 用于改进热敏打印的方法和装置，包括用于保存供体薄片并减少打印多色图形产品所需的时间量的方法和装置; 包括存储器的热打印头; 以及用于在片材上打印或执行其他作业操作的片材的对准的方法和装置。 宽幅热敏打印机可以包括用于从盒式存储架自动装载供体片的盒的设置。 真空工作台可以包括用于确定由工作台支撑的片材的尺寸以及用于控制施加到工作台的工作面中的孔的抽吸。 还公开了用于在用宽格式热敏打印机打印期间控制供体片张力的方法和装置。