Abrégé

[Problem] Provided is a thermal-transfer printer capable of minimizing temperature increases inside a ribbon cassette for accommodating an ink ribbon. [Solution] A thermal-transfer printer having a ribbon cassette (11) for housing an ink ribbon (111), and a thermal head (21), the thermal-transfer printer printing by the thermal transfer of the ink ribbon (111) to a paper sheet (S) by the thermal head (21), wherein the thermal-transfer printer has an airflow generation mechanism (115) for generating an airflow, and a control means (10) for controlling the generation of airflow by the airflow generation mechanism (115). The ribbon cassette (11) is provided with an airflow passage (113) in which at least part of the thermal head (21) is disposed, and the airflow generation mechanism (115) is disposed so that the generated airflow passes through the airflow passage (113) of the ribbon cassette (11).

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 2/32 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par l'application sélective de chaleur à un matériau d'impression ou de transfert d'impression sensibles à la chaleur utilisant des têtes thermiques
• B41J 2/325 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par l'application sélective de chaleur à un matériau d'impression ou de transfert d'impression sensibles à la chaleur utilisant des têtes thermiques par le transfert sélectif d'encre à partir d'un support d'encre, p. ex. à partir d'un ruban ou d'une feuille encreurs
• B41J 17/32 - Supports amovibles pour mécanismes de matériaux de transfert d'impression
• B41J 32/00 - Cartouches pour rubans encreurs

Abrégé

[Problem] To enhance operator efficiency by determining the possibility of following the speed at which paper is ejected from a printer, and performing an appropriate process according to the determination result. [Solution] This validation device includes: an external connection terminal connected to a printer; a transport unit for transporting paper; a reader for reading print information printed on the paper; and a controller for calculating, on the basis of information relating to conditions for reading the print information, the maximum transport speed at which it is possible to validate the print information while transporting the paper, comparing the calculated maximum transport speed with the speed at which the paper is ejected from the printer, and when it is determined thereby that the print information cannot be validated while the paper is transported so as to follow the speed at which the paper is ejected from the printer, outputting, to an external connection terminal, a signal for setting the speed at which the paper is ejected from the printer to a value equal to or less than the calculated maximum transport speed, and validating the print information.

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 29/38 - Entraînements, moteurs commandes ou dispositifs d'arrêt automatiques pour le mécanisme d'impression tout entier
• B41J 11/42 - Commandes
• B41J 29/00 - Parties constitutives ou accessoires pour machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective non prévus ailleurs
• B41J 29/46 - Utilisation de systèmes avertisseurs, p. ex. mis en action par l'approche de la fin de la ligne
• G06F 3/12 - Sortie numérique vers une unité d'impression
• H04N 1/00 - Balayage, transmission ou reproduction de documents ou similaires, p. ex. transmission de fac-similésLeurs détails

Abrégé

[Problem] To provide a quasi-adhesive label which can be manufactured at low cost without requiring a large-scale facility and for which the force when peeling off a label base can be reliably obtained, and the manufacturing method therefor. [Solution] The focus of the present invention is on the formation of a quasi-adhesive layer (9) from an adhesive agent comprising a water-based mixture. The invention is characterized by the following: a label base material is constituted from a top-surface label base material (7) and a bottom-surface label base material (8) that is laminated on the backside of the top-surface label base material (7); the quasi-adhesive layer (9) is formed of an adhesive agent comprising a water-based mixture and is laminated between the top-surface label base material (7) and the bottom-surface label base material (8); and provided are a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (4) laminated on the backside of the bottom-surface label base material (8), and a peel-off paper (2) temporarily attached onto the backside of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (4).

Classes IPC  ?

• G09F 3/00 - Étiquettes, fiches ou moyens analogues d'identification ou d'indicationSceauxTimbres-poste ou timbres analogues
• B31D 1/02 - Procédés à plusieurs phases pour la fabrication d'articles plats les articles étant des étiquettes
• B42D 11/00 - Report ou transfert d'écritures d'une page à une autre, p. ex. pour la tenue de livres comptables
• C09J 7/02 - sur supports
• C09J 151/04 - Adhésifs à base de polymères greffés dans lesquels le composant greffé est obtenu par des réactions faisant intervenir uniquement des liaisons non saturées carbone-carboneAdhésifs à base de dérivés de tels polymères greffés sur des caoutchoucs

Abrégé

A device (20) is provided with: roll holding members (22) for holding a roll (5) of printing paper and having roll supply shafts (25); shaft holding members (23) for rotatably holding the shafts (25); and helical torsion springs (24) for pressing the shaft holding members (23) toward the shafts (25). The shaft holding members (23) can pivot about shafts (30). The members (23) are pressed against the roll holding members (22) by the springs (24) to brake the rotation of the roll holding members (22) and the roll (5). As a result, tension is applied to the printing paper fed from the roll (5). When mounting the roll (5), the roll supply shafts (25) press on second sloped surfaces (23c-2) to cause the shaft holding members (23) to pivot. When removing the roll (5), the roll supply shafts (25) press on first sloped surfaces (23c-1) to cause the shaft holding members (23) to pivot.

Classes IPC  ?

• B65H 16/06 - Support de la bobine du type à deux extrémités
• B41J 15/04 - Dispositifs de supports, d'alimentation ou de guidageMontages pour rouleaux ou axes
• B65H 23/06 - Positionnement, tension, suppression des à-coups ou guidage des bandes longitudinal par dispositifs de retardement, p. ex. agissant sur la broche de la bobine

Abrégé

A device includes a platen roller (13) and a wrap preventing plate (23). The roller (13) transfers a base-less label (3) having an adhesive layer on the rear surface thereof. The plate (23) is attached to a slit (22) formed in the roller (13). The plate (23) has a wrap preventing protrusion end (29). The protrusion end (29) protrudes slightly from the outer peripheral surface of the roller (13), and this enables the protrusion end (29) to make contact with the rear surface of the label (3). The label (3) adhered to the outer peripheral surface of the roller (13) by the adhesive layer is separated from the outer peripheral surface of the roller (13) by riding over the protrusion end (29). As a result, the base-less label (3) adhered to the outer peripheral surface of the roller (13) is prevented from being wrapped around the roller (13).

Classes IPC  ?

• B65H 20/02 - Progression des bandes par un rouleau de friction
• B41J 11/04 - Cylindres d'appui

Abrégé

A medium guide mechanism (100) guides a print medium (L) to the inserting section (4) of a verification device (1). The guide mechanism (100) is provided with a movable supporting member (103), which supports the lower surface of the medium (L), and an upper guide means, which guides the medium (L) from above. The upper guide means is provided with a first guide belt (108) and a second guide belt (110). The guide belts (108, 110) are driven by means of a motor (M2). The supporting member (103) is supported by a shaft (102), and the height of the movable end (103b) of the supporting member (103) can be adjusted corresponding to the height with which printers (P1, P2) eject the medium (L). The height of a third pulley (111) of the second guide belt (110) can be also adjusted. In order to guide the curled medium (L) to the inserting section (4), an interval between the supporting member (103) and the second guide belt (110) is adjusted by adjusting the height of the third pulley (111).

Classes IPC  ?

• B65H 23/28 - Positionnement, tension, suppression des à-coups ou guidage des bandes longitudinal par bandelettes, tubes, plaques ou fils métalliques disposés dans le sens longitudinal
• H04N 1/00 - Balayage, transmission ou reproduction de documents ou similaires, p. ex. transmission de fac-similésLeurs détails

Abrégé

[Problem] Provided are a verification device and a verification system capable of easily designating information required for verification and capable of efficiently performing a verification process, even when a plurality of types of media are continuously verified. [Solution] A verification device (1) is provided with: a management unit (102) which can manage a plurality of pieces of format information including at least a format, the format being information relating to the position of a label on a print medium (P), and which manages the format information stored in a memory card (102a); and a designation unit (106) which designates at least one piece of format information to be used for the verification by a verification unit (101): wherein the verification unit (101) controls a scanner unit (70) while omitting a process relating to a portion to which verification is not required, on the basis of the format information designated by the designation unit (106).

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 29/46 - Utilisation de systèmes avertisseurs, p. ex. mis en action par l'approche de la fin de la ligne
• G06K 7/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement

Abrégé

[Problem] To provide fragile labels for a printer, which are highly capable of preventing re-adhesion, to be used as a base material for a printer, and which can be loaded in and transferred through various types of printers, and attached to required objects after required information has been printed thereupon, and which prevent re-adhesion or ensure that security is maintained. [Solution] The present invention is focused on laminating a printable material on the surface of a label body by means of a fragile material layer (12), and pertains to a fragile label for a printer comprising the fragile material layer (12), and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (13) that enables the fragile material layer (12) to be attached to an object. The fragile label for a printer is characterized by: having an adhesive layer (14) laminated on the top side of the fragile material layer (12), and a printable layer (15) laminated on the top side of the adhesive layer (14); and cuts (16) formed on the fragile material layer (12) and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (13).

Classes IPC  ?

• G09F 3/03 - Formes ou structures de sceaux de sécurité
• B65C 9/46 - Application de marques de dates, de marques codées ou d'un genre similaire, sur des étiquettes pendant l'étiquetage

Abrégé

[Problem] To provide labels for preventing re-adhesion, which are loaded in and transferred through various types of printers and attached to objects after required information has been printed thereupon, and which are constituted in such a manner as to be able to prevent re-adhesion or ensure that security is maintained without using cuts for preventing unauthorized re-adhesion or fragile labels, and do not impair the aesthetics by spoiling the surface of an object to which a label has been attached. [Solution] The present invention focuses on being configured in such a manner that when attempting to peel a label off, the uppermost layer (a printable layer (15)) peels off with all of the layers, and the fact that the uppermost layer has been peeled off is indicated on the bottom side. The present invention: has a printable layer (15) on which prescribed information can be printed, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (12) that enables the printable layer (15) to be attached to an object; and is characterized in that a release layer (14) laminated on the bottom side of the printable layer (15), and a printed layer (13) laminated on the top side of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (12), are formed between the printable layer (15) and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (12), and the label can be peeled from between the printable layer (15) and the release layer (14).

Classes IPC  ?

• G09F 3/03 - Formes ou structures de sceaux de sécurité

Abrégé

[Problem] To provide a wristband, a continuous body of wristbands, and a method for winding a wristband, configured so that the wristband can be reliably wound on a portion on which the wristband is to be wound, such as a wrist or an ankle, and so that the wristband can be wound in an appropriate and accurate ring shape. [Solution] The present wristband is configured in such a manner that, differently from a conventional wristband which is used by adhering the rear and front surfaces of the opposite ends of the band base material (2) to each other, the present wristband is used by adhering rear surface portions of the band base material to each other first. The present wristband is characterized in that, when winding the wristband on a portion on which the wristband is to be wound, the rear surface of a first winding region (6), the rear surface having an exposed adhesive layer (3) (first adhesion region (22)), and the rear surface of a second winding region (7) are superposed on and adhered to each other in such a manner that a first adhesion position guide (18, 19A) and a second adhesion position guide (19) are aligned with each other while a portion (second adhesion region (23)) of the adhesive layer (3) is left so that the portion can be exposed, thereby the wristband can be formed in a ring shape and wound on the portion on which the wristband is to be wound, and the present wristband is also characterized in that the first winding region (6), which has the adhesive layer (3) having the portion (second adhesion region (23)) left so that the portion can be exposed, can be adhered to the front surface of the second winding region (7).

Classes IPC  ?

• G09F 3/06 - Étiquettes, fiches ou moyens analogues d'identification ou d'indicationSceauxTimbres-poste ou timbres analogues attachés ou fixés par le matériau de l'étiquette elle-même, p. ex. par thermo-adhérence par une action de serrage
• A61G 12/00 - Équipements pour donner des soins, p. ex. dans les hôpitaux, non couverts par l'un des groupes , p. ex. chariots pour le transport des médicaments ou de la nourritureTableaux d'ordonnances

Abrégé

[Problem] To provide supply goods that make it easy for companies and organizations to participate in carbon offset activities, and that inform general consumers that companies etc. are participating in carbon offset activities. [Solution] A carbon offset activity support system comprises: a communication means for accepting orders for supply goods, which indicate that commodities or labor contributes to carbon offsets, from user terminals; and a management means, which, on the basis of the carbon offset amount allocated per supply good and the number of supply goods ordered in an order accepted by the communication means, calculates the corresponding greenhouse gas offset amount, and with respect to the calculated greenhouse gas offset amount, assigns a unique code on the basis of a serial number assigned to a greenhouse gas reduction value purchased from a provider, and controls a printer in such a manner that a carbon offset certificate represented by the unique code is issued.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 30/00 - Commerce
• G06Q 50/00 - Technologies de l’information et de la communication [TIC] spécialement adaptées à la mise en œuvre des procédés d’affaires d’un secteur particulier d’activité économique, p. ex. aux services d’utilité publique ou au tourisme

Abrégé

The invention is a wristband that can be produced inexpensively using a label-like structure. In particular, rupturing notches for preventing fraudulent use are reliably and easily positioned where the two ends are to be glued together and if temporary peeling of the glued ends is attempted for the purpose of committing fraud, the wristband breaks reliably and is difficult to return to the original state. Rupturing notches (11) are formed on either a first winding region (6) or a second winding region (7), which are positioned at the left and right ends of the printed region (5). The wristband is configured so that a loop can be formed by superposing and adhering the adhesive layer on the back surface of the first winding region (6) or the second winding region (7) onto the second winding region (7) or the first winding region (6). A mark (15, 16) for verifying the gluing position is formed on either the first winding region (6) or the second winding region (7).

Classes IPC  ?

• A44C 5/00 - BraceletsBracelets pour montresLeurs systèmes de fixation

Abrégé

[Problem] Provided is an audio output unit that is for a printer, confers an audio outputting function without a major design alteration of a printer body (2), and is capable of preventing input errors or erroneous printing regardless of work site or the age or level of proficiency of an operator. Further provided are an audio outputting printer, a printing method thereof, and a printing command input method thereof. [Solution] The audio output unit for a printer attends to connecting the audio output unit (3) for a printer to the printer body (2) separately from the printer body (2) and audio outputting at least a portion of the printing data, and is characterized by having: an audio output control unit (16) that can determine the audio output contents to audio output from among the printing contents that include printing data; and an audio output unit (19) that can output the audio output contents resulting from the audio output control unit (16) as audio; and by the audio output contents being at least a portion of the printing data.

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 29/38 - Entraînements, moteurs commandes ou dispositifs d'arrêt automatiques pour le mécanisme d'impression tout entier
• B41J 3/36 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression ou de marquage sélectif caractérisés par le but dans lequel ils sont construits portatifs
• B41J 5/30 - Sélection de caractère ou syllabe commandée par des informations enregistrées
• B41J 29/00 - Parties constitutives ou accessoires pour machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective non prévus ailleurs
• B41J 29/42 - Échelles ou indicateurs gradués, p. ex. pour déterminer les marges latérales
• G06F 3/12 - Sortie numérique vers une unité d'impression

Abrégé

A system and method for providing formatted content in a user-defined print area. In one or more embodiments, a database is stored on one or more processor readable media that are operatively coupled to one or more processors. A computing device associated with the one or more processors provides a user interface for defining at least one user-defined print area. The computing device provides one or more prompts for one or more parameters associated with the at least one user-defined print area. The one or more processors stores at least one of the one or more parameters received in response to at least one of the one or more prompts, and the one or more processors formats content provided in the user-defined print area in accordance with the at least one parameter of the one or more parameters. The formatted content is output by at least one printing device.

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 21/00 - Agencements pour l'impression sous forme de colonnes, tableaux ou présentations analoguesMoyens de centrage des lignes courtes

Abrégé

With a simple mechanism, slacking of an ink ribbon can be prevented when an ink ribbon cassette is not attached to a color printer, and printing errors can be prevented even if the position of the ink ribbon cassette is wrong when the cassette is attached to the color printer. An ink ribbon cassette is provided with a cassette case comprising a plurality of openings arranged at a plurality of different positions; an ink ribbon supply shaft and an ink ribbon winding shaft rotatably supported by the cassette case and provided with a gear-like stopper in the rotational direction; and a locking part which locks the ink ribbon supply shaft and the ink ribbon winding shaft by engaging with the stopper, and releases the lock of the ink ribbon supply shaft and the ink ribbon winding shaft when at least one pin is inserted in at least one opening which has been determined to correspond to a type of the ink ribbon, among the plurality of openings formed on the cassette case.

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 17/32 - Supports amovibles pour mécanismes de matériaux de transfert d'impression
• B41J 2/325 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par l'application sélective de chaleur à un matériau d'impression ou de transfert d'impression sensibles à la chaleur utilisant des têtes thermiques par le transfert sélectif d'encre à partir d'un support d'encre, p. ex. à partir d'un ruban ou d'une feuille encreurs

Abrégé

Provided are an unmounted label cutting device and an unmounted label cutting method for a portable unmounted label adhering machine which can be produced and used safely at a low cost, does not require a large force for cutting an unmounted label, and does not require a large strength in a machine frame. Disclosed is an unmounted label cutting device for a portable unmounted label adhering machine wherein a cutting piece (51) reciprocating in the width direction of the unmounted label is used and the cutting piece (51) is operated through an interlocking mechanism of an operation lever, and wherein the label cutting device comprises a transfer roller for transferring the unmounted label by operating the operation lever, and an endless transfer belt capable of further transferring the unmounted label transferred from the transfer roller, so that the cutting piece (51) can cut the unmounted label into a single label piece by reciprocating in the width direction of the unmounted label transferred onto the endless transfer belt, and the interlocking mechanism (52) interlocks the cutting piece (51) and the operation lever.

Classes IPC  ?

• B65C 11/00 - Distributeurs d'étiquettes à commande manuelle, p. ex. modifiés pour permettre l'application d'étiquettes sur des objets
• B65C 9/18 - Alimentation en étiquettes à partir de bandes, p. ex. de rouleaux

Abrégé

Disclosed is a backless label separation device for a portable backless label application machine, said backless label separation device having a relatively simple construction which enables the easy separation of a backless label (3) from a conveying roller (18), and improved ease of maintenance in the event that the backless label (3) jams or the like. Also disclosed is a backless label separation method. A platen unit (6) comprises the conveying roller (18), a pressing element (19), an endless conveying belt (23). The backless label separation device has a separating claw element (49) which is rotatably mounted to a platen frame (17) by rotatably providing the separating claw element (49) on the platen frame (17) of the platen unit (6), and which can detach the backless label (3) pressed onto the conveying roller (18) from the conveying roller (18) using the pressing element (19). The separating claw element (49) is disposed between the conveying roller (18) and the endless conveying belt (23).

Classes IPC  ?

• B65C 11/00 - Distributeurs d'étiquettes à commande manuelle, p. ex. modifiés pour permettre l'application d'étiquettes sur des objets
• B65C 9/18 - Alimentation en étiquettes à partir de bandes, p. ex. de rouleaux

Abrégé

Provided is an RFID label capable of effectively performing data communication even if there is a limit to the width of an RFID label-use printer in attaching the label to a metallic body to be labeled, wherein the RFID inlet portion is erectable when attaching the label. The RFID label has an RFID inlet capable of wireless data communication. The RFID label also has a label main body area which has a relatively long length and a relatively narrow width along a direction of transport, upon which is printed predetermined information, and which can be attached along a body to be labeled which is of relatively narrow width; and an RFID area which has an RFID inlet which is adjacently provided in a direction perpendicular to the direction of transport of the label main body area within an area boundary line between the label main body region, and which extends in the perpendicular direction. The RFID area, with respect to the label main body area, can be folded back and erected from the plane of the label main body area.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06K 19/077 - Détails de structure, p. ex. montage de circuits dans le support
• G06K 19/07 - Supports d'enregistrement avec des marques conductrices, des circuits imprimés ou des éléments de circuit à semi-conducteurs, p. ex. cartes d'identité ou cartes de crédit avec des puces à circuit intégré
• G09F 3/00 - Étiquettes, fiches ou moyens analogues d'identification ou d'indicationSceauxTimbres-poste ou timbres analogues

Abrégé

A linerless label roll-up preventing device for a thermal printer that prevents roll-up of the linerless label 3 on the platen roller 13. A roll-up preventing plate 23 is applied to a slit (22) formed in the outer surface of the platen roller (13), and protrudes to form a roll-up preventing edge (29) at a portion of the roll-up prevention plate (23). A roll-up preventing plate 23 being fixed to a slit (22), formed in the radial surface of the platen roller (13), relatively to the platen roller (13), and formed with a roll-up preventing projection edge, at a portion of the roll-up preventing plate (23), projecting out slightly from the outer circumferential surface of the platen roller (13) and capable of contacting the back surface of the linerless label (3).

Classes IPC  ?

• G01D 15/10 - Éléments enregistreurs chauffés agissant sur des couches thermosensibles

Abrégé

Disclosed is a mountless label peeling apparatus capable of reliably and forcedly peeling a mountless label away from a conveyance belt without depending on the rigidity of the mountless label itself. The mountless label peeling apparatus for peeling the mountless label (2) by changing by means of a direction change roller (17) the direction of the conveyance belt (7) which conveys the mountless label (2) is characterized in that the conveyance belt (7) is divided into a plurality of unit belts (21) in the axial direction of the direction change roller (17) which changes the direction of the conveyance belt (7) and that peeling aid members (22) projecting outward from the direction change section of the direction change roller (17) of the conveyance belt (7) are provided respectively between unit belts (21) adjacent to each other, so that the mountless label (2) is peeled away from the conveyance belt (7) while moving onto the peeling aid members (22).

Classes IPC  ?

• B65C 9/08 - Alimentation en étiquettes

Abrégé

Provided is a mechanism for opening a platen (18) in a portable label attachment machine wherein an operation for opening a lower lid (23) enables the opening of the platen (18) simultaneously, and an operator who is not used to the method for use can easily form a insertion path (25) of a label (3). In order to open the platen (18) with respect to the side plate (31), in conjunction with the opening operation of the lower lid (23) with respect to a side plate (31), the mechanism for opening the platen (18) in a portable label attachment machine comprises the side plate (31) provided with the lower lid (23) which can be opened by rotating, and the platen (18) on which the label (3) fed from a holding unit (32) in the form of a strip can be transferred, wherein the label (3) can be adhered on an adhered body, and the platen (18) is rotatable between a closing position and a opening position relative to the side plate (31) to enable loading of the label (3), and wherein in conjunction with the opening operation of the lower lid (23) with respect to the side plate (31), the platen (18) can be brought into the opening state with respect to the side plate (31).

Classes IPC  ?

• B65C 11/02 - Distributeurs d'étiquettes à commande manuelle, p. ex. modifiés pour permettre l'application d'étiquettes sur des objets avec équipement pour impression

Abrégé

A system and method are provided for accurately emulating a printer on a computing device that is not connected to the printer. The computing device is provided with firmware and programming code that interfaces with the firmware for a customized printing operation. The firmware is provided with the printer and the computing device. The programming code is provided with the computing device, and the computing device runs the programming code. The programming code interfaces with the firmware provided with the computing device and causes the computing device to emulate the printer, when the printer runs the programming code. The computing device and the printer are not connected.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 3/12 - Sortie numérique vers une unité d'impression

Abrégé

Disclosed are an RFID label and processing method of the RFID label wherein wrinkles do not occur even when unwinding from a rolled state or when printing on a label printer. The RFID label is stacked in the order of a label substrate; adhesive paper comprising a first adhesive layer; an RFID inlet, wherein upon one side or both sides of a base substrate of an area smaller in area than the adhesive paper, an antenna and an IC are disposed; a second adhesive layer provided on a surface on an opposite side of the adhesive paper of the RFID inlet; and a separator. Depending on the disposition of the constituent materials of the inlet, with respect to a stepped line wherein a difference in total thickness of the RFID label combining the adhesive paper, the RFID inlet, the second adhesive, and the separator is generated, one or a plurality of cuts extending through the separator are formed at a position straddling the stepped line or about a periphery of the stepped line.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06K 19/077 - Détails de structure, p. ex. montage de circuits dans le support
• G06K 19/07 - Supports d'enregistrement avec des marques conductrices, des circuits imprimés ou des éléments de circuit à semi-conducteurs, p. ex. cartes d'identité ou cartes de crédit avec des puces à circuit intégré

Abrégé

Disclosed is an aligning apparatus for a printing member in a printer, which enables the selection and use of either a center alignment method or a single-end alignment method for the printing member (a thermal transfer ribbon (3)) and takes into account the compatibility with printing data. The aligning apparatus is provided with a pinion (16) and a pair of racks (17, 18) that have a rack and pinion structure within a cylindrical shaft (22) and have been rotatably disposed along the transverse direction centerline (C) of a transfer passage in the cylindrical shaft (22), a pushing projection (19) that is able to push the rack (17) in the direction of the pushing end (22B) of the cylindrical shaft (22), and a positioning protrusion (20) that is able to engage and disengage with a plurality of positioning engagement holes (26) that have been formed in the shaft direction of the cylindrical shaft (22); and is characterized in that the pushing projection (19) drives the racks (17, 18) and the pinion (16) by pressing towards the cylindrical shaft (22) of a core tube (21), the positioning protrusion (20) engages with the positioning engagement holes (26) of the cylindrical shaft (22), and the core tube (21) can be positioned in the center position in the transverse direction.

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 33/14 - Dispositifs ou mécanismes d'avance des rubans

Abrégé

Provided is a validation device that can reliably read identification codes printed on a printing medium even if the transport speed of the printer is changed. Said validation device is characterized by having: an insertion slot via which a continuous sheet of paper ejected from the printer is inserted into the device; a transport means that transports the continuous sheet of paper inserted into the insertion slot; a detection means that detects the position of the continuous sheet of paper; a speed detection means that detects the transport speed at which the continuous sheet of paper is being transported; an illumination-level determination means that, on the basis of the transport speed detected by the speed detection means, determines the level at which to illuminate an identification code; an illumination means that shines light at the level determined by the illumination-level determination means; an analysis means that analyzes the information in the identification code illuminated by the illumination means; and a error printing means that prints an error indication on the continuous sheet of paper if the analysis means has determined that the identification code is unreadable.

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 29/46 - Utilisation de systèmes avertisseurs, p. ex. mis en action par l'approche de la fin de la ligne
• B41J 11/42 - Commandes
• B65H 7/14 - Commande de l'alimentation en articles, de l'enlèvement des articles, de l'avance des piles ou d'appareils associés permettant de tenir compte d'une alimentation incorrecte, de la non présence d'articles ou de la présence d'articles défectueux par palpeurs ou détecteurs par palpeurs ou détecteurs photo-électriques

Abrégé

Provided are a device for detecting the central portion of a position detection area on a sheet of printing paper in a printer, a method for detecting the central portion of a position detection area, a device for detecting the print-start position of a sheet of printing paper, a method for detecting a print-start position, and a printer, wherein the central portion (5A) of a position detection mark (5) (position detection area) in the conveying direction of a continuum of labels (1) (printing paper) is detected without adjusting or setting a threshold level, regardless of the type or characteristics of the printing paper (1). Noting that it is possible to calculate the print-start position (4A) of a label piece (4) by detecting the central portion (5A) of the position detection area (5), and that it is possible to detect the central portion (5A) by assessing whether the gradient of an analog waveform is increasing or decreasing, and the device is configured so that a sensor is activated each time the printing paper (1) is conveyed a prescribed pitch, the adjacent detected levels are compared, and the central portion (5A) of the position detection area (5) is detected on the basis of the maximum value (39A) of the detected signals from the sensor.

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 11/42 - Commandes
• B41J 19/76 - Mécanismes d'interlignage

Abrégé

A magnetic coupler arrangement that includes two quarter wave length strip patches, an input signal source, a signal splitter that splits an input signal from the input signal source into two signals and phase-shifts one of the two signals, wherein the phase-shifted signal and the non-phase-shifted signal are fed into the patches of the coupler to achieve a balanced signal configuration.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04Q 5/22 - Dispositifs de sélection dans lesquels plusieurs postes d’abonnés sont connectés par la même ligne au central avec connexion indirecte, c.-à-d. à travers un centre de commutation subordonné le centre subordonné ne permettant pas une interconnexion d'abonnés reliés à ce centre
• G08B 13/14 - Déclenchement mécanique par l'enlèvement ou les essais de déplacement d'articles portatifs

Abrégé

A magnetic coupler arrangement that includes two quarter wave length strip patches, an input signal source, a signal splitter that splits an input signal from the input signal source into two signals and phase-shifts one of the two signals, wherein the phase-shifted signal and the non-phase-shifted signal are fed into the patches of the coupler to achieve a balanced signal configuration.

Classes IPC  ?

• H01Q 1/38 - Forme structurale pour éléments rayonnants, p. ex. cône, spirale, parapluie formés par une couche conductrice sur un support isolant
• H01Q 9/16 - Antennes résonnantes avec alimentation intermédiaire entre les extrémités de l'antenne, p. ex. dipôle alimenté par le centre

Abrégé

Provided is a printing paper feeding shaft device which can transfer printing paper (5) stably to a transfer passage, is applicable to a nameplate label of a relatively small size while maintaining the printing position accuracy of the printing paper (5) at a predetermined level, and can simplify an operation for loading the printing paper (5) to a paper feed section (6). Also provided is a feeding method thereof and a printer for printing paper. The printing paper feeding shaft device has such a feature that a roll feeding shaft (25) is made to project from the outer surface of a roll holding member (22) that holds a roll of printing paper (5), and a constant frictional force is applied to the outer circumferential surface of a roll feeding shaft (25) by means of a shaft clamp member (23). The printing paper feeding shaft device comprises the roll holding member (22) from which is projecting the roll feeding shaft (25), the shaft clamp member (23) capable of clamping the roll feeding shaft (25), and an urging member (24) which can impart a load, resisting against the feed operation of the printing paper (5), to the roll feeding shaft (25) by urging the shaft clamp member (23) in the direction of the roll feeding shaft (25).

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 15/04 - Dispositifs de supports, d'alimentation ou de guidageMontages pour rouleaux ou axes
• B65H 16/06 - Support de la bobine du type à deux extrémités

Abrégé

To provide a device for preventing the caught-in of a label without a mount in a thermal printer wherein a label (3) without a mount can be prevented from being caught in a platen roller (13) without being affected by a drop in non-viscosity, due to continuous use, of the platen roller (13), and a stabilized transport of the label (3) with a mount can be guaranteed.  Attention is focused on attaching a caught-in preventing plate (23) to a slit (22) formed in the radial direction of the platen roller (13), and on forming a caught-in preventing protrusion end (29) at a part of the plate (23).  The device for preventing the caught-in of a label without a mount is characterized in that the caught-in preventing plate (23) which can be fixed relatively to the platen roller (13) is provided in the slit (22) formed in the platen roller (13) in the plane in the radial direction of the platen roller (13), and the caught-in preventing protrusion end (29) which projects slightly from the outer circumferential surface of the platen roller (13) and can touch the back surface of the label (3) without a mount is formed at a part of the plate (23).

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 11/04 - Cylindres d'appui

Abrégé

A thermal printer allows ink ribbon replacement without interference of a hook positioned in the opened state particularly in an ink ribbon replacement operation. A thermal printer includes a head lock lever 40 which includes a hook 41 at the tip of the lever. The hook is mounted such that it can be moved in the longitudinal direction relative to a turn shaft 26 during turning of the turn shaft 26, allowing the distance between the turn shaft 26 and the hook 41 to be changed. A movement control moves the head lock lever 40 such that the distance between the turn shaft 26 and the hook 41 in the opened state in which the thermal head 12 is separated from the platen roller 11 is smaller than that in the pressed state in which the thermal head 12 is pressed into contact with the platen roller 11.

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 2/335 - Structure des têtes thermiques

Abrégé

Disclosed are a label printer and a printing method therefor which produce labels (16, 17, 18) of different pitch lengths P, 2P, 3P using one type of continuous label body (2), and which can limit cost by not requiring that multiple types of label paper be kept on hand. With the aim of forming labels of any pitch length by selecting only the desired number of multiple unit labels (2A), the printer is characterized by comprising a supply unit that is filled with a continuous label body (2) in which multiple unit labels (2A) are joined with perforations (14), a detector that detects a position detection mark (13) provided at a specified pitch on the back side of the unit labels (2A), an input unit that inputs the number of unit labels (2A) required and product information, a printing unit that can print the product information across any number of unit labels (2A), and a controller that makes it possible to form labels (16, 17, 18) by printing, with the printing unit, the product information onto any number of unit labels (2A) according to the number of unit labels (2A) and the number of position detection marks (13).

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 21/00 - Agencements pour l'impression sous forme de colonnes, tableaux ou présentations analoguesMoyens de centrage des lignes courtes
• B41J 5/30 - Sélection de caractère ou syllabe commandée par des informations enregistrées

Abrégé

A method and system for modifying functionality of a printer. The printer is provided with firmware and programming code that interfaces with the firmware for controlling printing operations. The programming code includes at least one placeholder. Second programming code is provided that, when executed on a processor readable medium, programming code is executed as a function of the at least one placeholder.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 9/54 - Communication interprogramme

Abrégé

A label affixing system with which a signal can be supplied to a label affixing machine from an image capturing unit which detects a conveyed object to be labeled. The label affixing system includes a plurality of conveyance lines, a CCD for capturing an image of the conveyed object, and a label affixing machine that includes a plurality of printing formats and affixes a printed label to the conveyed object. The system measures a distance to the conveyed object subjected to image capture by the CCD; selects one printing format from the plurality of printing formats on the basis of the measured distance to the conveyed object; prints the label on the basis of the selected printing format; and affixes the printed label to the conveyed object.

Classes IPC  ?

• B32B 41/00 - Dispositions pour le contrôle ou la commande des procédés de stratificationDispositions de sécurité

Abrégé

A method and system for modifying functionality of a printer. The printer is provided with firmware and programming code that interfaces with the firmware for controlling printing operations. The programming code includes at least one placeholder. Second programming code is provided that, when executed on a processor readable medium, programming code is executed as a function of the at least one placeholder.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 9/54 - Communication interprogramme

Abrégé

A thermal printer in which a thermal head can be attached easily to a print unit without requiring a tool such as a screw driver. a) formed on the right ribbon frame (42).

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 25/34 - Têtes ou chariots d'impression remplaçables

Abrégé

Provided is a label detector which detects a label mark on a sheet surely even if the quantity of light passed through the sheet or reflected off the sheet varies according to the kinds of sheet or the presence/absence of a printed label. The label detector comprises a conveyance means for conveying a sheet having a label mark, a detection means for detecting a sensor value of the label mark on a sheet conveyed by the conveyance means, a storage means for storing the sensor value acquired by the detection means at every stepped drive of the conveyance means, a means for judging the start of measurement of the label mark by determining the difference between two positions, one for the sensor value stored by the storage means and the other for the sensor value acquired by the detection means, and a label mark judgment means for judging the intermediate position or the end position of the label mark by determining the difference between two positions, one for the sensor value stored by the storage means and the other for the sensor value acquired by the detection means after a judgment is made that measurement of the label mark has been started by the means for judging the start of measurement of the label mark.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01B 11/04 - Dispositions pour la mesure caractérisées par l'utilisation de techniques optiques pour mesurer la longueur, la largeur ou l'épaisseur spécialement adaptés pour mesurer la longueur ou la largeur d'objets en mouvement
• B65C 9/40 - CommandesDispositifs de sécurité

Abrégé

Provided is a printer device capable of easily printing character strings of a data item having the same content in a plurality of languages.  The printer device prints character strings of a data item which is predetermined in each of a plurality of fields (FIELD 1, FIELD 2, FIELD 3,...) arranged in a predetermined format of a label.  The printer device has a preset data storage means for storing preset data representing the character strings of the data item to be printed in each of the fields in respective languages (LANGUAGE 1, LANGUAGE 2), respectively, and prints the predetermined character strings of the data item in the fields of the label in one or more languages selected out of the plurality of languages on the basis of the preset data.

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 5/44 - Sélection de caractère ou syllabe commandée par des informations enregistrées caractérisée par le mode de stockage de l'information enregistrée
• B41J 3/36 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression ou de marquage sélectif caractérisés par le but dans lequel ils sont construits portatifs
• G06F 17/21 - Traitement de texte

Abrégé

Provided is a data update device that can shorten the time necessary for updating data on a flash memory and suppress a decline in the life of the flash memory. The data update device changes the described content of a data record described in a markup language stored in a flash memory (14). The data update device includes a reserved word changing means (S3) that changes, when a request is made to update a description sandwiched between reserved words corresponding to a record, some of bits expressed in binary with the user of a character string of the reserved word from 1 to 0, and a data rerecording means (S4) that rerecords on the flash memory the record corresponding to the description sandwiched between the reserved words containing the portion changed in accordance with the request.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 12/00 - Accès à, adressage ou affectation dans des systèmes ou des architectures de mémoires
• G06F 17/30 - Recherche documentaire; Structures de bases de données à cet effet

Abrégé

Provided is an IC tag having a structure wherein a built-in electronic component is not easily broken even when the IC tag is bent. In the IC tag, an IC module to which an electronic component, which has an IC chip and an antenna coil arranged on an insulating substrate, is attached is inserted into a container, and a support member which supports the IC module protrudes on a lower wall surface or an upper wall surface in the container from the one wall surface to the other wall surface such that the support member faces the electronic component side without being in contact with the IC chip. Since the total dimension of the protruding height of the support member from the wall surface and the thickness of the IC module excluding the electronic component is smaller than a distance between the lower wall surface and the upper wall surface on the inner side of the container, and spaces exist on an upper side and a lower side of the IC module in the container, the spaces function as buffer layers for relaxing a flexure stress generated due to bending, and breakage of a connecting section between the IC chip and the antenna coil is suppressed.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06K 19/077 - Détails de structure, p. ex. montage de circuits dans le support

Abrégé

Provided is a label attaching apparatus which prevents a label, which is attached to an article with a portion protruding from the article, from being attached to an unexpected part while the label is being transferred, and stably continues to attach labels. A guide section (50), which guides a second label region (202) protruding from a container (100) being transferred from a first attaching section (30) to a second attaching section (40), is arranged at a position which sandwiches a transfer path of a transfer conveyer (10) which transfers the container (100) from the first attaching section (30) to the second attaching section (40), and a nonadhesive film (52) is attached to a surface of the guide section (50).

Classes IPC  ?

• B65C 1/04 - Pose d’étiquettes, p. ex. d’étiquettes faisant tout le tour, sur plusieurs surfaces planes d’un article polyédrique
• B65C 9/26 - Dispositifs pour appliquer les étiquettes

Abrégé

Provided is a labeling device comprising a suction plate (21) consisting of a pair of split bodies (21b, 21c) movable relatively to two positions, i.e., a bonding position (S) where the end faces facing each other are bonded while sucking the surface side of a label (L) to which an RFID tag is attached and a separate position (V) where the end faces are separated from each other, wherein a portion (2) of the label (L) is mountain folded by the end faces of the split bodies (21b, 21c) facing each other as the split body (21c) moves thus forming a folded portion (M) having a bend (7) on the proximal end side before labeling an article (W), a non-abutting portion (20) is provided by cutting the edge of each split body (21b, 21c) corresponding to the bend (7) on the proximal end side of the folded portion (M) such that the end faces of the split bodies (21b, 21c) do not abut each other when the end faces are bonded. Since a gap (Q) is formed between the bends (7) of the folded portion (M) in a label (L) attached by the labeling device, the folded portion (M) of the label (L) does not tilt easily and stabilized read/write of data can be ensured.

Classes IPC  ?

• B65C 9/26 - Dispositifs pour appliquer les étiquettes
• G09F 3/00 - Étiquettes, fiches ou moyens analogues d'identification ou d'indicationSceauxTimbres-poste ou timbres analogues

Abrégé

This object aims to solve the problem that, although a portable printer is required to reduce the consumption of power supply as much as possible, restart requires time and load thus leads to poor workability, when the power supply is turned off while a user is carrying a portable printer. A portable printer moves to a sleep mode, in which the power supply is not completely turned off, when first set time elapses without any key operation at an operation section and turns off the power supply when second predetermined time further elapses without any key operation. The portable printer is characterized by comprising a vibration sensor for detecting vibration and controlling so as to reset a second counter for counting the second predetermined time (S13) in the case where the vibration sensor detects the vibration of the portable printer during the sleep mode (S12).

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 3/36 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression ou de marquage sélectif caractérisés par le but dans lequel ils sont construits portatifs

Abrégé

There is provided a thermal printer capable of achieving a balance between left and right head pressure even when a support shaft is not in parallel with a platen roller due to the variations of components and assemblies and of ensuring a desired print quality even with an inexpensive component configuration. A pivotally supporting portion (82) is provided that straddles in the width direction of a medium to be printed and positions and supports a thermal head (12) in the carrying direction of the medium to be printed. The thermal head (12) is supported by the pivotally supporting portion (82) so as to be able to swing centered on the middle in the width direction, from side to side, in a direction perpendicular to a printing surface. Consequently, even when the pivotally supporting portion (82) is not in parallel with a platen roller (11) due to the variations of components and assemblies, the thermal head (12) is swung centered on the middle in the width direction and is pressed in parallel against the platen roller (11).

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 2/32 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par l'application sélective de chaleur à un matériau d'impression ou de transfert d'impression sensibles à la chaleur utilisant des têtes thermiques

Abrégé

Provided is a both-side printing thermal printer which requires no transmission means for transmitting drive power of a motor provided on the side of a casing main body to the side of a cover, thereby simplifying a mechanism and reducing costs. The both-side printing thermal printer (1) has a first printing part which performs printing on the first surface of a medium to be printed (2) while carrying the medium (2) inserted and held between a first platen roller (3) and a first thermal head (4), and a second printing part which performs printing on the second surface of the medium (2) while carrying the medium (2) inserted and held between a second platen roller (5) and a second thermal head (6). The thermal printer (1) is provided with the casing main body (9) having an open top and a cover (11) covering the top of the casing main body (9) openably and closably. The first platen roller (3) and the second platen roller (5) are installed to the casing main body (9). The first thermal head (4) and the second thermal head (6) are installed to the cover (11).

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 3/54 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression ou de marquage sélectif caractérisés par le but dans lequel ils sont construits avec plusieurs séries de caractères ou d'éléments d'impression
• B41J 2/32 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par l'application sélective de chaleur à un matériau d'impression ou de transfert d'impression sensibles à la chaleur utilisant des têtes thermiques
• B41J 3/60 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression ou de marquage sélectif caractérisés par le but dans lequel ils sont construits pour l'impression recto-verso du matériau d'impression

Abrégé

This object aims to provide a label (10) without a price reduction mat board is set to easily remove a label (10) without a single sheet price reduction mat board from a barcode-hided portion, its sticking method and its printing method. A display region (11) possible to display price reduction information on a product original price and a barcode hiding region (12) possible to hide a barcode in connection with original price information have perforations (a first cutting-out portion (15) and a second cutting-out portion (16)), the removable strengths of which are set to be different. From this point of view, a region separation line (13) is comprised of first perforations including the first cutting-out portion (15) formed in inside directions of both respective end portions of a label substrate. A unit junction line (14) is comprised of second perforations including the second cutting-out portion (16) formed in inside directions of both respective end portions of the label substrate, wherein the second cutting-out portion (16) is characterized in that the second cutting-out portion (16) is set to be longer than the first cutting-out portion (15).

Classes IPC  ?

• G09F 3/10 - Fixage ou fixation par des moyens n'entrant pas dans la composition du matériau de l'étiquette elle-même par une couche adhésive
• G09F 3/00 - Étiquettes, fiches ou moyens analogues d'identification ou d'indicationSceauxTimbres-poste ou timbres analogues

Abrégé

Provided is a label printer which performs printing by inkjet after the surface of a continuous body of label with no mount is modified by corona discharge and UV irradiation. Also provided is a method for controlling a label printer. The label printer comprises a supply section (2) to which a continuous body (11) of label with no mount having a release agent layer (14) formed on the front surface side and an adhesive layer (15) formed on the back surface side is attached; a corona discharge section (3) performing corona discharge to the front surface side of the continuous body which is fed out from the supply section; a UV irradiation section (4) for irradiating UV-rays to the front surface side where corona discharge is performed; and a print section (6) for ejecting ink from an ink jet head (5) to the front surface side to which corona discharge and UV irradiation are performed.

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 2/01 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par la mise en contact sélective d'un liquide ou de particules avec un matériau d'impression à jet d'encre
• B41M 5/00 - Procédés de reproduction ou méthodes de reproduction ou de marquageMatériaux en feuilles utilisés à cet effet
• B65C 11/02 - Distributeurs d'étiquettes à commande manuelle, p. ex. modifiés pour permettre l'application d'étiquettes sur des objets avec équipement pour impression

Abrégé

Provided is a mountless label wherein a core material becoming waste after use is not used, and a base material is not curled in the shape of R. A piece of sheet (10) consisting of a first piece (11) and a second piece (12) continuous to the first piece (11) through a lapel line (13) and axisymmetrical to the first piece (11) about the lapel line (13) is formed continuously through a separate line (14) in the direction intersecting the lapel line (13) perpendicularly, adhesive (15) is applied to the back surface of the first piece (11) and when the first piece (11) and the second piece (12) are turned down such that the back surfaces touch each other, mold releasing (16) is performed on the back surface of the second piece (12) facing the adhesive applied to the back surface of the first piece (11), and the piece of sheet (10) is folded up in the shape of mountain along the lapel line (13) and in the shape of valley along the separate line (14) when viewed from the surface side.

Classes IPC  ?

• G09F 3/10 - Fixage ou fixation par des moyens n'entrant pas dans la composition du matériau de l'étiquette elle-même par une couche adhésive
• B42D 11/00 - Report ou transfert d'écritures d'une page à une autre, p. ex. pour la tenue de livres comptables
• B42D 15/04 - Cartes ou feuilles pliables ou en plusieurs parties
• G09F 3/02 - Formes ou structures

Abrégé

An object of the invention is to facilitate the inputting of printing jobs by eliminating the requirement of specifying roll paper or cut-sheet paper. A printing apparatus comprises: an automatic paper feeding switching mechanism (30) for switching between the automatic feeding of roll paper (110) and an IC tag (100) that is cut-sheet paper; and a RAM that is a storage means for storing printing jobs having at least a sheet selection code that is sheet selection information indicating a selection between the roll paper (110) and the IC tag (100) and printing data including a product name, a product number, a color, a bar-code, and other data. A CPU that is a control means controls, based on the sheet selection code, the automatic paper feeding switching mechanism (30) to switch between the automatic feeding of the roll paper (110) and the IC tag (100).

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 29/38 - Entraînements, moteurs commandes ou dispositifs d'arrêt automatiques pour le mécanisme d'impression tout entier
• B41J 11/48 - Appareils pour enregistrements condensés, bordereaux, ou travail similaire utilisant plusieurs papiers ou jeux de papier

Abrégé

A system and method are defined for modifying functionality of a printer that is provided with firmware for controlling printing operations. First programming code is developed that, when executed on a computer readable medium, interfaces with the printer's firmware and modifies the functionality of the printer. The first programming code is written in a first programming language, such as the LUA programming language, and the firmware is written in a second programming language other than the first programming language. Thereafter, the first programming code is executed on the computer readable, and the functionality of the printer is modified as a function of the executed first programming code interfacing with the firmware. The firmware is not modified by the interfacing.

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 29/38 - Entraînements, moteurs commandes ou dispositifs d'arrêt automatiques pour le mécanisme d'impression tout entier

Abrégé

[PROBLEMS] To provide a label printer which can continuously print a serial number from the previous time, even when a power supply is cut off once or printing of a designated number of sheets is finished, as long as the printing format is equal. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A memory card (60) the content of which is kept even when the power supply is cut off is provided. When printing based on the same printing data is finished, a CPU (12) stores the printed serial number as serial number issue information in the memory card (60) in association with the printing format used for printing. In the next printing, when serial number issue information corresponding to a printing format to be used for printing is stored in the memory card (60), the CPU (12) prints the serial number continuously on the basis of the serial number issue information. Meanwhile, when the corresponding serial number issue information is not stored in the memory card (60), the CPU (12) deletes the serial number information stored in the memory card (60).

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 5/30 - Sélection de caractère ou syllabe commandée par des informations enregistrées
• B41J 3/36 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression ou de marquage sélectif caractérisés par le but dans lequel ils sont construits portatifs
• B41J 29/38 - Entraînements, moteurs commandes ou dispositifs d'arrêt automatiques pour le mécanisme d'impression tout entier
• B41J 29/42 - Échelles ou indicateurs gradués, p. ex. pour déterminer les marges latérales

Abrégé

A roller device in which the roller can be attached and detached without removing the rotating shaft, the attaching/detaching mechanism is simplified and the cleaning and replacing work can be facilitated. The roller device comprises a pair of rollers (20, 40) rotating about the rotating shaft and coming into pressure contact with each other or separating from each other. The rollers (20, 40) rotate to convey a band mounting paper (D) while nipping during pressure contact and any one roller (nip roller (20)) is formed in a tubular shape so that it can be applied removably over a corresponding rotating shaft (21). A means (22) which fixes the nip roller (20) to the rotating shaft (21) when the nip roller (20) is applied, and a bracket (25) extending along the rotating shaft (21) are provided and a pair of supporting portions (28, 29) having bearings (26, 27) for supporting the rotating shaft (21) are provided at the opposite ends of the bracket (25) such that any one supporting portion (29) can be fixed to or removed from the bracket (25).

Classes IPC  ?

• B65H 5/06 - Transfert des articles retirés des pilesAlimentation des machines en articles par rouleaux
• B65H 20/02 - Progression des bandes par un rouleau de friction
• B65H 27/00 - Structures particulières, p. ex. caractéristiques de surface, des rouleaux d'alimentation ou de guidage des bandes

Abrégé

Rotation of a supporting plate is stabilized by reducing the inertial moment of the supporting plate when the diameter of a sheet roll is decreased. A reel device comprises a boss (21) provided on a rotating shaft (20) and fitted by being inserted into a sheet roll (DR); a supporting plate (30) abutting against one side face (DRa) on the machine base side of the sheet roll (DR) on the axial inside of the boss (21); and a retaining member (22) abutting against the other side face (DRb) of the sheet roll (DR). The supporting plate (30) is provided with an inner plate (31) which is set to have a predetermined diameter and having an inner abutting surface (32); and an outer plate (35), which is provided closer to the machine base side than the inner plate (31), has a diameter larger than that of the inner plate (31) and has an outer abutting surface (36), which faces the outside of the outer circumference of the inner plate (31) in the diameter direction and is flush with the inner abutting surface (32) of the inner plate (31). The inner plate (31) is fixed to the rotating shaft (20) to rotate together and the outer plate (35) is fixed rotatably to the rotating shaft (20).

Classes IPC  ?

• B65H 16/06 - Support de la bobine du type à deux extrémités
• B65C 9/18 - Alimentation en étiquettes à partir de bandes, p. ex. de rouleaux

Abrégé

Provided are a backless label stacker device in a printer, which can bring easily labels in a strip shape, which can separate the place for setting the printer (for the printing operation) and the place for applying the label strips (for the applying operation) and which can make the stacked and stored label strips easily separable, and a label stacking method for the label stacker device. The backless label stacker device is characterized by comprising a label-strip group tentative-holding mechanism (19) for holding a plurality of cut single label strips tentatively in a stacked state, a single label-strip holding mechanism (18) for holding and transferring the label strips to the label-strip group tentative-holding mechanism (19), and a label-strip shifting mechanism (20) enabled to shift the tentatively held positions of the label strips slightly by predetermined individual small strokes, by slightly shifting either the single label-strip holding mechanism (18) or the label-strip group tentative-holding mechanism (19) relatively.

Classes IPC  ?

• B65H 31/00 - Récepteurs de piles
• B41J 11/70 - Utilisation de dispositifs coupants coupant perpendiculairement à la direction de l'avance du papier

Abrégé

Disclosed is a label with a region for re-pasting in which the tensile strength of a strip-shaped mount from which a label main body is stripped off can be ensured even if the region for re-pasting is formed over a wide area in the width direction. A label main body (2) having a region (21) for re-pasting formed thereon and the back surface coated with an adhesive (3), and a strip-shaped mount (1) to which a plurality of label main bodies (2) are pasted temporarily and continuously at intervals are provided. A plurality of partial regions (12) of the mount for re-pasting formed over an area wider than the region (21) for re-pasting in the continuous direction of the label main body (2) are formed on the strip-shaped mount (1) in correspondence with the region (21) for re-pasting formed on the label main body (2) at intervals in the width direction orthogonally intersecting with the continuous direction, and a region, which is between the mount partial regions (12) adjoining in the width direction on the back surface side of the region (21) and does not have the mount partial regions (12) temporarily pasted thereon, is processed as a non-adhesive region (31).

Classes IPC  ?

• G09F 3/10 - Fixage ou fixation par des moyens n'entrant pas dans la composition du matériau de l'étiquette elle-même par une couche adhésive
• B42D 11/00 - Report ou transfert d'écritures d'une page à une autre, p. ex. pour la tenue de livres comptables
• B42D 15/04 - Cartes ou feuilles pliables ou en plusieurs parties
• B65C 9/18 - Alimentation en étiquettes à partir de bandes, p. ex. de rouleaux
• G09F 3/02 - Formes ou structures

Abrégé

This aims to facilitate the replacement or maintenance of belt-shaped paper and to cope with the load of a tension to occur in the belt-shaped backing paper, even if the tension becomes relatively high, thereby to stabilize the tension control of the belt-shaped backing paper. Springs (74) of a damper mechanism (70), which has damper members to be moved forward and backward by the tension change to occur in the belt-shaped backing paper (D), include a first coil spring (74A) for acting from the beginning of the backward movement of a moving member (73) having the damper member, and a second coil spring (74B) for acting when the backward distance of the moving member (73) becomes a predetermined distance. These first and second coil springs are mounted on rod-shaped guide rails (76), which are erected on a base member (72) for guiding the moving member (73). A damper member driving unit is provided for shifting the damper member from a bearing effective position to a bearing ineffective position on the basis of a save signal from signal sending means and for shifting the damper member from the bearing ineffective position to the bearing effective position on the basis of a return signal from the signal sending means.

Classes IPC  ?

• B65H 23/16 - Positionnement, tension, suppression des à-coups ou guidage des bandes longitudinal par barres ou rouleaux mobiles chargés de poids ou à ressort
• B41J 15/16 - Moyens pour maintenir la bande sous tension ou pour l'enrouler

Abrégé

A labeling device for enhancing the workability of setting a belt-shaped mount by making it possible to set the belt-shaped mount easily while turning down so that a suction portion gets out of the way when the belt-shaped mount is set anew comprises a strip member (5) for stripping a label (L) by turning down a belt-shaped mount (D) fed from a label feeding section (3), and a suction plate (40) for moving the label (L) stripping by the strip member (5) to two position, i.e. a suction position (X) for sucking the label (L) and a stick position (Y) for sticking the sucked label (L) to an article. The labeling device further comprises a positioning drive section (50) for making it possible to position a suction plate (40) at two positions, i.e. an operation position (Ta) for permitting movement between the suction position (X) and the stick position (Y) and a retreat position (Tb) for increasing the clearance from the strip member (5) by receding therefrom, for positioning the suction plate (40) from the operation position (Ta) to the retreat position (Tb) based on a retreat signal and for positioning the suction plate (40) from the retreat position (Tb) to the operation position (Ta) based on a reset signal, and a signal delivery means (S) for delivering the retreat signal and the reset signal.

Classes IPC  ?

• B65C 9/18 - Alimentation en étiquettes à partir de bandes, p. ex. de rouleaux
• B65C 9/26 - Dispositifs pour appliquer les étiquettes
• B65C 9/46 - Application de marques de dates, de marques codées ou d'un genre similaire, sur des étiquettes pendant l'étiquetage

Abrégé

Provided is a rolled paper printer, which can prevent rolled paper from being damaged, without using any core to be inserted into the rolled paper, even if the rolled paper is placed directly on a placing plane. The rolled paper printer comprises a placing plane (131), on which the circumference of the rolled paper is placed, and a plurality of ribs (132) disposed upright on the placing plane (131) and abutting on the circumference of the rolled paper placed. The rolled paper printer is constituted to have the upright pattern of the ribs (132) formed such that the straight ribs (132), which are disposed at equal intervals in the transfer direction of the printing media and set obliquely at an angle of 45 degrees with respect to the transfer direction of the printing media, are erected upright in the shape of axial symmetry with respect to a center line. Also provided is a printing media containing unit for the printer, which can let off the rolled paper of a drop-in type stably with a simple constitution. The containing unit is constituted such that a stopper roller (5) for preventing the printing media from riding is rotatably disposed over the widthwise direction of the printing media at the front end portion (4a) in the printing media letting-off direction of a half-arcuate containing body (3).

Classes IPC  ?

• B65H 16/08 - Support de la bobine du type à rouleaux parallèles
• B41J 15/04 - Dispositifs de supports, d'alimentation ou de guidageMontages pour rouleaux ou axes

Abrégé

[PROBLEMS] To provide a label for markdown which can be used as a linerless label and which, even after having been applied on another label, breaks from a tamperproof cut without fail upon peeling and can be prevented from being reutilized; and a method of applying the label. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] The label comprises a label base (1), a pressure-sensitive adhesive (2) applied to the back side of the label base (1) in strip-form areas apart from each other, and a release agent (3) applied to the front side of the label base (1) in the areas opposite to the pressure-sensitive adhesive (2). Tacky regions (C) coated with the pressure-sensitive adhesive (2) and non-tacky regions (D) not coated with any pressure-sensitive adhesive are alternately formed on the back side of the label base (1) in the width direction for the pressure-sensitive adhesive (2), i.e., in the direction perpendicular to the strips of the adhesive (2). On the front side of the label base (1), release regions (A) coated with the release agent (3) and non-release regions (B) not coated with the release agent (3) are alternately formed in the width direction. First tamperproof cuts (4) and second tamperproof cuts (5) are formed in the tacky regions (C) of the label base (1).

Classes IPC  ?

• G09F 3/03 - Formes ou structures de sceaux de sécurité

Abrégé

Disclosed is a cutting apparatus, which has improved operating efficiency and permits operation of replacement, cleaning or the like to be performed without requiring attention to a fixed blade attached to a cover section, since the fixed blade attached to the cover section is not exposed even when the cover section is opened for replacing roll paper (material to be printed) or cleaning. In a cover member (48), a fixed blade (40) is arranged with a blade surface (40b) thereof facing the upstream in a transfer direction of a printed material (1). The cover member slidably attached to a fixed blade (40) covers the blade edge line (40a) of the fixed blade (40) from the side of the blade surface (40b) when the cover section (13) is opened, moves by sliding to the base of the fixed blade (40) when the cover section (13) is closed, and exposes the blade edge line (40a) of the fixed blade (40).

Classes IPC  ?

• B65H 35/04 - Délivrance d'articles à partir de machines à découper ou à perforer linéairementAppareils délivrant des articles ou des bandes, comportant des dispositifs pour couper ou perforer linéairement, p. ex. distributeurs de bande adhésive à partir de coupeuses ou de perforatrices transversales ou avec ces appareils
• B26D 1/08 - Coupe d'une pièce caractérisée par la nature ou par le mouvement de l'élément coupantAppareils ou machines à cet effetÉléments coupants à cet effet comportant un élément qui ne suit pas le mouvement de la pièce ayant un élément coupant se déplaçant linéairement l'élément coupant étant animé d'un mouvement de va-et-vient du genre guillotine
• B26D 7/22 - Dispositifs de sécurité spécialement adaptés aux machines-outils
• B41J 11/70 - Utilisation de dispositifs coupants coupant perpendiculairement à la direction de l'avance du papier

Abrégé

Disclosed is a label printer which can correspond to labels having various widths as much as possible a label and can hold a label on a rod-like member so that the label can be easily handled by a user while the paste-applied surface of a label after stripping thereof being surely prevented from sticking to the surface portion of the printer body. The label printer (1) strips a label (L) from the pasteboard of a label paper and issues the stripped label from a mouth (2) for issuing a label and includes a label receiver (10) below the mouth (2). Rod-like members (11a-11c) of the label receiver (10) extend in the feeding direction (A) of the label (L) from a point below the mouth (2) and are arranged in the width direction (B) of the label (L). The movable bases (12a-12c) and rails (21, 22) of the label receiver (10) so support the rod-like members (11a-11c) as to be capable of adjusting the positions of the rod-like menbers in the width direction (B) of the label (L).

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 15/04 - Dispositifs de supports, d'alimentation ou de guidageMontages pour rouleaux ou axes

Abrégé

[PROBLEMS] To provide a thermal printer in which an upper lid and a print unit can be opened by a series of works, and the upper lid is not closed even if a force acts in the closing direction for the print unit when an ink ribbon is replaced. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A thermal printer is provided with an upper lid stopper (34) for supporting an upper lid (30) at a predetermined position for a main body (20) and releasing support of the upper lid (30) when the upper lid (30) is closed; a unit stopper (44) for supporting a print unit (40) with a smaller angle than the upper lid (30) for the main body (20) and releasing support of the print unit (40) when the print unit (40) is closed; and a member (35) for coupling the upper lid (30) and the print unit (40) under a state where the print unit (40) is fitted in the upper lid (30). The upper lid (30) is coupled with the print unit (40) by the coupling member (35) under a state where the upper lid (30) and the print unit (40) are closed.

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 29/13 - Boîtiers ou couvercles
• B41J 2/32 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par l'application sélective de chaleur à un matériau d'impression ou de transfert d'impression sensibles à la chaleur utilisant des têtes thermiques
• B41J 2/325 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par l'application sélective de chaleur à un matériau d'impression ou de transfert d'impression sensibles à la chaleur utilisant des têtes thermiques par le transfert sélectif d'encre à partir d'un support d'encre, p. ex. à partir d'un ruban ou d'une feuille encreurs
• B41J 25/312 - Mécanismes mobiles pour têtes d'impression ou chariots mobiles vers ou à partir de la surface du papier avec des mécanismes de réglage de la force d'impression, p. ex. des mécanismes de réglage de la pression sur le papier
• B41J 25/316 - Mécanismes mobiles pour têtes d'impression ou chariots mobiles vers ou à partir de la surface du papier avec des mécanismes à mouvement de basculement par rapport à la surface du papier

Abrégé

[PROBLEMS] To provide a printer for rewritable printing media with RFID tags enabling the user to grasp the number of uses of a rewritable printing medium (2) with an RFID tag usable a plurality of times, to judge if the rewritable printing medium (2) can be still used, and to know the replacement time and a warning indicating method for rewritable printing media with RFID tags for the printer. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] The invention has been achieved by utilizing the fact that use history information on a rewritable printing medium (2) with an RFID tag, such as the number of rewrites of the printed contents, is stored in a memory in the RFID tag each time the medium (2) is used. The invention is characterized in that a rewritable printing medium (2) with an RFID tag whose printed contents can be rewritten a plurality of times is loaded in the printable region, use history information on the rewritable printing medium (2) is stored in an IC chip of the RFID tag, and a warning is issued when the use history information exceeds a predetermined set level.

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 29/46 - Utilisation de systèmes avertisseurs, p. ex. mis en action par l'approche de la fin de la ligne
• B41J 2/32 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par l'application sélective de chaleur à un matériau d'impression ou de transfert d'impression sensibles à la chaleur utilisant des têtes thermiques
• G06K 17/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour faire travailler en coopération des équipements couverts par plusieurs des groupes principaux , p. ex. fichiers automatiques de cartes incluant les opérations de transport et de lecture

Abrégé

A label loading device and a label loading method employed for a portable labeling machine which can perform the loading work of a label continuous body (10) easily and surely, while preventing it from being caught by an internal component when the label continuous body (10) is passed between a pair of side boards (2). The label continuous body (10) is not inserted between the pair of side boards (2) along its length direction as in prior art but located on a transportation way in the side board (2) from the side face of any one side board (2). The portable labeling machine comprises a holding section (4) for holding the label continuous body (10) in the shape of roll, a transporting section (5) for transporting the label continuous body (10), and a stripping section (7) for stripping a label piece (13) from the mount (12) of the label continuous body (10). A loading opening (42) which can guide the label continuous body (10) from the holding portion (4) on the outside of the side board (2) to the transporting section (5) and the stripping section (7) in the side board (2) is formed in any one side board (2).

Classes IPC  ?

• B65C 11/00 - Distributeurs d'étiquettes à commande manuelle, p. ex. modifiés pour permettre l'application d'étiquettes sur des objets
• B65C 9/18 - Alimentation en étiquettes à partir de bandes, p. ex. de rouleaux

Abrégé

The antenna position of a reader/writer is made adjustable so that optimum intercommunication sensitivity can be obtained, regardless of the arrangement of an antenna with which intercommunication is to be performed. Specifically, an antenna position adjusting mechanism (100) is provided with a reader/writer (10) which can be turned by a turning shaft provided vertically to the long shaft of an antenna; an arrangement information setting means (11) for setting arrangement information of the antenna of a label to be transferred; a calculating means (12), which calculates the turning position of a reader/writer antenna (A2) so that the antenna of the reader/writer (long shaft of the reader/writer antenna) is parallel to the antenna of the label (long shaft of the label antenna (A1)), based on the set arrangement information; and a turning means (13) which turns the reader/writer antenna to the calculated turning position.

Classes IPC  ?

• H01Q 3/04 - Dispositifs pour changer ou faire varier l'orientation ou la forme du diagramme de directivité des ondes rayonnées par une antenne ou un système d'antenne utilisant un mouvement mécanique de l'ensemble d'antenne ou du système d'antenne pour faire varier une coordonnée de l'orientation
• G06K 17/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour faire travailler en coopération des équipements couverts par plusieurs des groupes principaux , p. ex. fichiers automatiques de cartes incluant les opérations de transport et de lecture
• H01Q 1/12 - SupportsMoyens de montage
• H01Q 3/08 - Dispositifs pour changer ou faire varier l'orientation ou la forme du diagramme de directivité des ondes rayonnées par une antenne ou un système d'antenne utilisant un mouvement mécanique de l'ensemble d'antenne ou du système d'antenne pour faire varier deux coordonnées de l'orientation

Abrégé

Provided is a RFID printer by which cost required for printing test is suppressed. A RFID printer (1) can perform printing by a printing section (2) and data reading/writing by a communication section (3) on a label sheet (L) having a RFID inlet during normal operation. At the time of testing printing by the printing section (2) on a test sheet (L') not having the RFID inlet, instead of on the label sheet (L), data reading/writing is performed to the RFID inlet (10a) by the communication section (3). A holding member (10) holds the RFID inlet (10a) in a state where data reading/writing can be performed by the communication section (3).

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 29/38 - Entraînements, moteurs commandes ou dispositifs d'arrêt automatiques pour le mécanisme d'impression tout entier
• B41J 29/46 - Utilisation de systèmes avertisseurs, p. ex. mis en action par l'approche de la fin de la ligne
• G06K 17/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour faire travailler en coopération des équipements couverts par plusieurs des groupes principaux , p. ex. fichiers automatiques de cartes incluant les opérations de transport et de lecture
• G09F 3/00 - Étiquettes, fiches ou moyens analogues d'identification ou d'indicationSceauxTimbres-poste ou timbres analogues

Abrégé

Provided are a print selector of a printer in which work efficiency is enhanced by decreasing the number of components of an axial direction control mechanism for the index control of a selection wheel (6) and a rotational direction control mechanism for the selection control of print characters on a printing endless band (8), thereby simplifying the assembling process; and an assembling method of operating members of the selector. The print selector of a printer is characterized in that: a plurality of controlling recesses (16A) are formed in the circumferential part of a knob shaft (16) in an operating member (5) both in the axial direction and the rotational direction of the shaft, and an urging member (9) for control engaging disengageably with the controlling recess (16A) is provided in the printer frame (3); and the plurality of controlling recesses (16A) which can make any one selection wheel (6) selectable by moving operation along the axial direction of a knob (15) and can make any one print character selectable by rotating operation about the axial direction of the knob (15) are formed in the knob shaft (16), and the urging member (9) for control engaging disengageably with these controlling recesses (16A) is provided in the printer frame (3).

Classes IPC  ?

• B41K 1/10 - Dispositifs manuels portatifs sans moyen pour supporter ou positionner les objets à timbrer, c.-à-d. timbres à mainDispositifs d'encrage ou autres accessoires appropriés avec une surface de timbrage plate et des caractères interchangeables ayant des bandes ou chaînes porte-caractères mobiles

Abrégé

[PROBLEMS] To provide a ribbon feeder which can assure a large winding amount using a single ribbon rewinding mechanism when an ink ribbon wound by either surface winding system and back winding system is attached to a ribbon supply shaft. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A rewind rotating shaft (17) arranged in parallel with a ribbon supply shaft (11), a rotation transmission means consisting of a small gear (16) and a large gear (19) for transmitting mutual rotation between the ribbon supply shaft (11) and the rewind rotating shaft (17), and a rotary member (18) for storing the urging force rotating the rewind rotating shaft (17) reversely in a torsion coil spring (21) by rotation of the rewind rotating shaft (17) transmitted from the ribbon supply shaft (11) by the rotation transmission means are provided, and the amount of rotation is increased when rotation of the rewind rotating shaft (17) based on the urging force stored in the torsion coil spring (21) is transmitted to the ribbon supply shaft (11).

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 17/14 - Systèmes automatiques pour inverser la direction de l'avance
• B41J 33/40 - Dispositifs ou mécanismes d'avance des rubans comportant des dispositifs pour inverser le sens du défilement

Abrégé

[PROBLEMS] To provide a printer driver allowing a printer to execute writing to an RFID tag by using document data created with general-purpose application software without preparing any dedicated application software. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] When the printing of document data including a description using an RFID font (5) is instructed, a printer driver allows a host computer (10) to generate a write command which instructs a printer (20) to execute writing to an RFID tag (50) of the description using the RFID font (5) and to transmit the generated write command to the printer (20). With this configuration, the document data is created by using the RFID font (5) and the printing of the created document data is just instructed, thereby enabling the printer (20) to execute the writing to the RFID tag (50) of the description using the RFID font (5) in general-purpose application software (3).

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 3/12 - Sortie numérique vers une unité d'impression
• G06K 17/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour faire travailler en coopération des équipements couverts par plusieurs des groupes principaux , p. ex. fichiers automatiques de cartes incluant les opérations de transport et de lecture

Abrégé

A method for setting print sheets in a thermal printer enables automatic print sheet setting and easy removal of the left sheet(s) in a no-sheet state. The method has been invented by making the most of first and second sensors provided upstream and downstream of a transporting roller for transporting the print sheet in the forward/reverse direction to set/remove the print sheet. The method is characterized in that when the first sensor senses the leading end of the print sheet, the transporting roller starts to transport the print sheet toward the second sensor; when the second sensor senses the leading end of the print sheet, the transporting roller transports the print sheet to a printing section to start to print the print sheet; when the first sensor sensed the trailing end of the print sheet, the transporting roller is reversely driven to reversely transport the print sheet upstream to position the print sheet in an upstream position apart from the printing section.

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 11/42 - Commandes
• B41J 11/70 - Utilisation de dispositifs coupants coupant perpendiculairement à la direction de l'avance du papier

Abrégé

Provided is a label attaching system having a plurality of transfer conveyers (7, 10); a CCD (16) for taking an image of a transfer object; and a label attaching machine (6), which is provided with a plurality of kinds of printing formats and attaches a label to the transfer object. The label attaching system has a measuring step of measuring a distance to the transfer object, based on the image data taken by the CCD (16); a selecting step of selecting one printing format from among a plurality of kinds of printing formats, based on the measured distance to the transfer object; a printing step of printing the label, based on the selected printing format; and an attaching step of attaching the printed label to the transfer object.

Classes IPC  ?

• B65C 9/46 - Application de marques de dates, de marques codées ou d'un genre similaire, sur des étiquettes pendant l'étiquetage
• B65C 9/02 - Dispositifs pour déplacer les objets, p. ex. des réceptacles, devant le poste d'étiquetage
• B65G 43/08 - Dispositifs de commande actionnés par l'alimentation, le déplacement ou le déchargement des objets ou matériaux

Abrégé

Disclosed is a continuous body with RFIDs on which RFID inlets and indication labels visibly printed according to information written in the RFID inlets and to be stuck on the RFID inlets are temporarily attached continuously to a paper base. The continuous body (1) with RFIDs has an elongated paper base (2), RFID inlets, and indication labels (4). The RFID inlets (3) and indication labels (4) are temporarily attached to the elongated paper base (2) between printed identification marks (5) which are equally spaced. RFID reading/writing means (17) writes desired information in the RFID inlets, and printing means (23) prints information on the indication labels. Removing means (18) sequentially removes the RFID inlets and indication labels, and sucking/sticking means (35) suction-holds them and sticking the RFID inlets and the indication labels to objects conveyed on object conveying means, with the indication labels on the respective RFID inlets.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06K 19/077 - Détails de structure, p. ex. montage de circuits dans le support
• B42D 15/10 - Cartes d'identité, cartes de crédit, cartes bancaires ou cartes analogues portant des informations (supports d'enregistrement, p.ex. cartes d'identité ou cartes de crédit, pour utilisation avec des machines et avec au moins une partie prévue pour supporter des marques numériques G06K 19/00)
• B65C 9/26 - Dispositifs pour appliquer les étiquettes
• B65C 9/46 - Application de marques de dates, de marques codées ou d'un genre similaire, sur des étiquettes pendant l'étiquetage
• G06K 17/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour faire travailler en coopération des équipements couverts par plusieurs des groupes principaux , p. ex. fichiers automatiques de cartes incluant les opérations de transport et de lecture
• G06K 19/07 - Supports d'enregistrement avec des marques conductrices, des circuits imprimés ou des éléments de circuit à semi-conducteurs, p. ex. cartes d'identité ou cartes de crédit avec des puces à circuit intégré

Abrégé

[PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED] To prevent a roll of paper from stopping or delaying in braking by deceleration if tension of the roll unnecessarily increases, improve response in braking and surely prevent a drop in printing quality for a printer. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A damper (20) for adjusting tension applied to a roll of paper (S) by take-up of a take-up part (3) is provided. The damper (20) is constituted of a supporting roller (21) for supporting and rotating the roll (S), an arm (22) rotatably supporting the roller (21) and capable of swinging, and a spring (23) for urging the arm (22) in the direction where the roller (21) faces outward. The arm (22) is equipped with a pressing roller (30) in contact with the surface of the roll of paper (S) on an upstream of the supporting roller (21) for pressing the surface of the roll (S) when the arm (22) swings inwardly. A base (1) is equipped with a slide contact resisting member (40) with which the pressing roller (30) comes into contact via the roll (S) at a predetermined swing position of the arm (22) for applying slide contact resistance to the roll (S).

Classes IPC  ?

• B65H 23/16 - Positionnement, tension, suppression des à-coups ou guidage des bandes longitudinal par barres ou rouleaux mobiles chargés de poids ou à ressort
• B41J 15/16 - Moyens pour maintenir la bande sous tension ou pour l'enrouler
• B65H 23/14 - Rouleaux de tension appliquant des forces de freinage

Abrégé

Intended is to prevent a band-shaped backing paper sheet, which is discharged after labels were peeled off, from depending from the body so that it may not affect the surrounding adversely and which can be wholly discarded to facilitate its handling. Provided is a hand labeler comprising a body (1) for holding a supply reel (3), on which a band-shaped backing paper sheet (D) having labels (L) tentatively adhered thereto is wound, a lever (6) mounted rockably in the body (1), and a let-off mechanism (10) caused to let off the band-shaped backing paper sheet (D) from the supply reel (3) by the rocking operation of the lever (6). The hand labeler peels off the labels (L) from the band-shaped backing paper sheet (D) and sends them out, while the band-shaped backing paper sheet (D) is being let off. The hand labeler further comprises a take-up mechanism (20) for taking up the band-shaped backing paper sheet (D), from which the labels (L) were peeled off. The take-up mechanism (20) includes a take-up reel holding unit (23) having a spindle (22) for supporting rotatably a take-up reel (21) to take up the band-shaped backing paper sheet (D) discharged, and a drive unit (30) for driving the take-up reel (21) of the take-up reel holding unit (23) rotationally in association with the rocking motions of the lever (6).

Classes IPC  ?

• B65C 11/00 - Distributeurs d'étiquettes à commande manuelle, p. ex. modifiés pour permettre l'application d'étiquettes sur des objets
• B65C 9/18 - Alimentation en étiquettes à partir de bandes, p. ex. de rouleaux

Abrégé

This aims to provide a printer which can halve the moving stroke of a center-hole detecting sensor precisely to that of guide plates and which can perform a guide plate moving operation lightly. The printer comprises a second guide plate (23) arranged to confront a first guide plate (22) such that it can move in the widthwise direction of a tag-continuing strip (1) to be conveyed, for guiding the other end of the tag-continuing strip (1) conveyed, a first rack (32) integrated with the second guide plate (23) for moving an equal distance in an identical direction, a two-step gear (35), in which a drive-side large pinion (33) meshing with thefirst rack (32) and a driven-side small pinion (34) having a gear ratio of one half with respect to the drive-side large pinion (33) are integrated, a second rack (37) meshing with the driven-side small pinion (34), and a center-hole detecting sensor (26) integrated with the second rack (37) for moving an equal distance in an identical direction.

Classes IPC  ?

• B65H 26/00 - Dispositifs de sécurité ou d'avertissement, p. ex. détecteurs automatiques de défectuosités, mécanismes d'arrêt, pour mécanismes d'avance des bandes
• B65C 9/44 - Commande d'alimentation en étiquettes par des moyens particuliers sensibles à des marques sur les étiquettes ou les objets
• B65H 23/032 - Commande du positionnement transversal de la bande

Abrégé

A supply device of medium to be printed, with which a guide part can easily be engaged and fixed to a roll paper support axis by one hand even if a diameter of a tubular body such as a paper tube to which the medium to be printed is wound is large and a diameter of the roll paper support axis is large, is provided. A boss part (12) having a peripheral face formed of a pair of arc faces (121) where a main axis (C) is set to be a center and positioning grooves formed of a plurality of grooves orthogonal with an axis are made and of a pair of parallel planes (122) arranged in equal positions from the main axis (C) is used. A positioning piece (145) which extends onto an arc face of the boss part (12) in a state where it is engaged with the boss part (12) and in which a groove part (144) engaged with the positioning groove is formed, and an operation piece (146) which extends on the plane (122) of the boss part (12) and detaches engagement of the positioning groove and the groove part (144) of the positioning piece (145) are installed in a second guide part (14).

Classes IPC  ?

• B65H 16/06 - Support de la bobine du type à deux extrémités
• B41J 15/04 - Dispositifs de supports, d'alimentation ou de guidageMontages pour rouleaux ou axes

Abrégé

To provide a printer wherein any type of roll paper, i.e., roll paper rolled on reverse side and roll paper rolled on front side, without increasing the sizes of the apparatus. The printer is provided with a guide roller (14) which guides a medium (1) to be printed on into a housing by abutting against the upside of the medium (1) fed out from a supply shaft (13); a plate portion (22a) on the extension side having a fixing surface (24), which extends from the housing wherein a printing section for printing on the medium (1) is housed, in the downstream side in the carrying direction of the medium (1) such that the fixing surface falls downward as it recedes from the guide roller (14); and a supply shaft supporting member (23) for supporting the supply shaft (13) such that the supply shaft supporting member (23) can be fixed to a plurality of positions at different distance to the guide roller (14) on the fixing surface (24) of the plate portion (22a).

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 15/04 - Dispositifs de supports, d'alimentation ou de guidageMontages pour rouleaux ou axes

Abrégé

[PROBLEMS] To provide a thermal printer in which the position of a hook under open state does not obstruct the work for replacing an ink ribbon even if a thermal head is spaced apart largely from a platen roller in order to facilitate maintenance, and the ink ribbon can be replaced easily. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] The thermal printer comprises a head lock lever (40) provided with a hook (41) at the distal end in the longitudinal direction thereof and fixed to rotate the rotating shaft (26) and to move in the longitudinal direction of the rotating shaft (26) so that the distance between the rotating shaft (26) and the hook (41) can be varied, and a movement control means for controlling the movement of the head lock lever (40) such that the distance between the rotating shaft (26) and the hook (41) becomes shorter under the open state where a thermal head (12) is spaced apart from a platen roller (11) as compared with the pressed state where the thermal head (12) is pressed against the platen roller (11).

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 25/312 - Mécanismes mobiles pour têtes d'impression ou chariots mobiles vers ou à partir de la surface du papier avec des mécanismes de réglage de la force d'impression, p. ex. des mécanismes de réglage de la pression sur le papier
• B41J 2/32 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par l'application sélective de chaleur à un matériau d'impression ou de transfert d'impression sensibles à la chaleur utilisant des têtes thermiques
• B41J 25/316 - Mécanismes mobiles pour têtes d'impression ou chariots mobiles vers ou à partir de la surface du papier avec des mécanismes à mouvement de basculement par rapport à la surface du papier

Abrégé

[PROBLEMS] To provide a thermal printer in which a thermal head can be attached easily to a print unit without requiring a tool such as a screw driver. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] The thermal printer is provided with a print unit (40) having a right ribbon frame (42) and a left ribbon frame (43) facing each other, a head housing (60) attached between the left ribbon frame (43) and a second frame while supporting a thermal head (12), a recess made in the surface of the left ribbon frame (43) facing the right ribbon frame (42) and supporting the left side face (64) of the head housing (60), and a frame cover (70) fitted removably to a portion (49) provided on the outer surface of the right ribbon frame (42) on the side opposite to the surface facing the left ribbon frame (43) and supporting the right side face (62) of the head housing (60) through a through hole (50a) formed in the right ribbon frame (42).

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 2/32 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par l'application sélective de chaleur à un matériau d'impression ou de transfert d'impression sensibles à la chaleur utilisant des têtes thermiques
• B41J 2/325 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par l'application sélective de chaleur à un matériau d'impression ou de transfert d'impression sensibles à la chaleur utilisant des têtes thermiques par le transfert sélectif d'encre à partir d'un support d'encre, p. ex. à partir d'un ruban ou d'une feuille encreurs

Abrégé

[PROBLEMS] To provide a false adhesion two layer label with no mount which can ensure efficient labeling work by not using the mount that would generate dust due to its structure thereby saving the labor for stripping the mount. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] In order to eliminate the need for using a mount when the label is utilized as a delivery slip or a seal for application, and to secure strippability between an adhesive layer (6) located on the backside and a layer located on the surface/back side surface so that a surface label base material (22) positioned on the surface side or its thermal coloring agent layer (11) does not stick, the false adhesion two layer label with no mount comprises a backside label base material (21) having the adhesive layer (6) on the backside, and a surface label base material (22) laminated on the surface side of the backside label base material (21) through a false adhesive layer (9), characterized in that a release agent layer (24) ensuring strippability from the adhesive layer (6) of the backside label base material (21) is formed on the surface of the surface label base material (22).

Classes IPC  ?

• G09F 3/00 - Étiquettes, fiches ou moyens analogues d'identification ou d'indicationSceauxTimbres-poste ou timbres analogues
• B42D 11/00 - Report ou transfert d'écritures d'une page à une autre, p. ex. pour la tenue de livres comptables
• B42D 15/04 - Cartes ou feuilles pliables ou en plusieurs parties
• G09F 3/10 - Fixage ou fixation par des moyens n'entrant pas dans la composition du matériau de l'étiquette elle-même par une couche adhésive

Abrégé

[PROBLEMS] To facilitate sticking work by permitting a label to be stuck onto an article with a portion of the label projecting in a chevron shape without work of folding the label when sticking the label onto the article. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A label sheet (LS) is obtained by temporarily sticking the label (L) to a pasteboard (D) in a separable manner. One portion (2) at the intermediate position of the label (L) is made to project from the rear surface side to the front surface side in the chevron shape. Therefore, a folded part (1) having one side surface (4) and the other side surface (5) with a top (3) as a boundary is formed. Outer end parts (7) respectively arranged continuously from the base end of the one side surface (4) of the folded part (1) and the base end of the other side surface (5) through bending parts (6) are temporarily stuck to the pasteboard (D) with the folded part (1) projected.

Classes IPC  ?

• G09F 3/02 - Formes ou structures
• G09F 3/10 - Fixage ou fixation par des moyens n'entrant pas dans la composition du matériau de l'étiquette elle-même par une couche adhésive
• B31D 1/02 - Procédés à plusieurs phases pour la fabrication d'articles plats les articles étant des étiquettes
• B65H 41/00 - Machines pour séparer des bandes superposées

Abrégé

[PROBLEMS] To provide a printer for RFID paper capable of data communication with a plurality of types of sheets of RFID paper (RFID labels (10)) in which one printer uses a plurality of frequency bands without preparing printers different depending on the frequency bands to be used. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A printer for RFID paper focusing attention on providing at least first and second RFID modules (17, 18) and first and second RFID antennas (19, 20) using different frequency bands is characterized by having the first RFID module (17) using a first frequency, the second RFID module (18) using a second frequency, the first RFID antenna (19) of the first frequency, and the second RFID antenna (20) of the second frequency, selecting one of the first RFID module (17) or the second RFID module (18) depending on the RFID labels (10) mounted in a paper feeding section (3), and enabling the data communication with any of the RFID labels (10).

Classes IPC  ?

• G06K 17/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour faire travailler en coopération des équipements couverts par plusieurs des groupes principaux , p. ex. fichiers automatiques de cartes incluant les opérations de transport et de lecture
• B41J 29/38 - Entraînements, moteurs commandes ou dispositifs d'arrêt automatiques pour le mécanisme d'impression tout entier
• G06K 19/07 - Supports d'enregistrement avec des marques conductrices, des circuits imprimés ou des éléments de circuit à semi-conducteurs, p. ex. cartes d'identité ou cartes de crédit avec des puces à circuit intégré

Abrégé

[PROBLEMS] To provide a printer for printing a previous item and a next item continuously in the case of printing a plurality of different print data. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] The printer comprises a receiving means for receiving print data transmitted from a host computer; a storage means for storing the print data received by the receiving means; a print means for carrying a continuous paper and printing the print data stored in the storage means; and a cutting means for cutting the printed continuous paper. The print operation and the carrying operation of the print means are interrupted temporarily and cutting operation by the cutting means is performed when a planned cutting position of the continuous paper printed by the print means is carried to the position of the cutting means. The printer is characterized in that a control means is provided for performing print operation continuously without feeding back the continuous paper when printing of the print data is ended and printing of next print data is started if the next print data is received before finishing printing all the print data stored in the storage means.

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 11/70 - Utilisation de dispositifs coupants coupant perpendiculairement à la direction de l'avance du papier

Abrégé

[PROBLEMS] To provide a printing device capable of easily knowing an error type, that is, at which step an error has occurred and capable of simplifying procedure for identifying the cause of the error. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A printing device includes a reader/writer for writing information into an RFID tag (4) and detecting errors at a plurality of steps in a procedure for writing the information into the RFID tag (4) and a ROM for storing each of error patterns (50a, 50b, 50c) at respective steps at which errors have been detected by the reader/writer. When an error is detected by the reader/writer (15), a control unit reads, from the ROM, one of the error patterns (50a, 50b, 50c) corresponding to a step at which the error has been detected and prints the one on an RFID label (5).

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 29/38 - Entraînements, moteurs commandes ou dispositifs d'arrêt automatiques pour le mécanisme d'impression tout entier
• B41J 29/46 - Utilisation de systèmes avertisseurs, p. ex. mis en action par l'approche de la fin de la ligne
• G06F 3/12 - Sortie numérique vers une unité d'impression
• G06K 17/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour faire travailler en coopération des équipements couverts par plusieurs des groupes principaux , p. ex. fichiers automatiques de cartes incluant les opérations de transport et de lecture
• G06K 19/00 - Supports d'enregistrement pour utilisation avec des machines et avec au moins une partie prévue pour supporter des marques numériques
• G06K 19/07 - Supports d'enregistrement avec des marques conductrices, des circuits imprimés ou des éléments de circuit à semi-conducteurs, p. ex. cartes d'identité ou cartes de crédit avec des puces à circuit intégré

Abrégé

[PROBLEMS] To provide a thermal head printer by which a time required for communicating and printing information with/on an RFID sheet is shortened and throughput of RFID sheet processing is improved. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A thermal head printer (10) is provided with a printer head (11) and an RFID sheet (20). The printer head is provided with a substrate (11a), a printing section (12) arranged on the substrate (11a) for performing printing on an RFID sheet (20), and an antenna section (13), which is arranged on the substrate (11a) on the side of the printing section (12) for communicating information with the RFID sheet (20) at aprint start position of the RFID sheet (20). The RFID sheet has an inlet (23) arranged to face the antenna section (13) at the print start position.

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 2/32 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par l'application sélective de chaleur à un matériau d'impression ou de transfert d'impression sensibles à la chaleur utilisant des têtes thermiques
• B41J 29/00 - Parties constitutives ou accessoires pour machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective non prévus ailleurs
• B41J 29/38 - Entraînements, moteurs commandes ou dispositifs d'arrêt automatiques pour le mécanisme d'impression tout entier
• G06K 17/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour faire travailler en coopération des équipements couverts par plusieurs des groupes principaux , p. ex. fichiers automatiques de cartes incluant les opérations de transport et de lecture

Abrégé

[PROBLEMS] To provide an article tag issuing system capable of comparing an issued article tag with an article to put a correct article tag on the article even if a worker in charge of putting a price tag printed in a first language or an article tag such as a physical distribution label on the article does not understand the first language. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] In an article tag issuing system having a language translation table (35) for translating Japanese (first language) into Chinese (second language), a price tag printing data generating section (36) generates price tag printing data on the basis of price tag issuing data and generates verification tag printing data on the basis of the price tag issuing data translated into Chinese by using the language translation table (35). A price tag printer (5) issues a price tag (4) whose character information is printed in Japanese on the basis of the price tag printing data and issues a verification tag (41) printed in Chinese on the basis of the verification tag printing data.

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 5/30 - Sélection de caractère ou syllabe commandée par des informations enregistrées
• G06F 3/12 - Sortie numérique vers une unité d'impression
• G06F 17/30 - Recherche documentaire; Structures de bases de données à cet effet
• B65C 9/46 - Application de marques de dates, de marques codées ou d'un genre similaire, sur des étiquettes pendant l'étiquetage

Abrégé

[PROBLEMS] To provide an RFID label from which an inlet can be removed easily when the RFID label is adhered to an adherend. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] An adhesive sheet (4) is provided with a fold back piece (11) whose tip is positioned under the inlet (8) when folded back. A breakage cut (13) for breaking an area on which the inlet (8) is adhered is formed from the root of the fold back piece (11). Therefore, there is no need to add a novel constitution such as a board-like member for securing the housing space of the inlet (8). Only the fold back piece (11) and the breakage cut (13) are provided on the adhesive sheet (4) for simply peeling the inlet (8) away from the adhesive sheet (4) of the RFID label (1) adhered to the adherend (14) with the fold back piece (11) folded back. The inlet is peeled away by a simple work of putting fingers into a gap between the fold back piece (11) and the adherend (14) from the side edge of the adhesive sheet (4) to pick and pull up the adhesive sheet (4).

Classes IPC  ?

• G06K 19/077 - Détails de structure, p. ex. montage de circuits dans le support
• G06K 19/07 - Supports d'enregistrement avec des marques conductrices, des circuits imprimés ou des éléments de circuit à semi-conducteurs, p. ex. cartes d'identité ou cartes de crédit avec des puces à circuit intégré
• G09F 3/00 - Étiquettes, fiches ou moyens analogues d'identification ou d'indicationSceauxTimbres-poste ou timbres analogues

Abrégé

[PROBLEMS] To provide a bar-code, a bar-code printer and a bar-code printing method wherein part of bars do not become thinner over its full length or are lost by missing print even if bar-codes are printed with missing print due to damage in a part of a heating element provided on a line thermal printing head. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A bar-code is printed in a bar-code print region (12) with its vertical direction parallel to a conveyance direction of a label (3), and an irregular bar symbol with bars inclined with respect to the conveyance direction of the label (3) is provided, whereby a bar is printed by a plurality of heating elements of the thermal head (5). Thus, a space and a missing printed part overlap in some parts, so that the part can be read as a part without missing print owing to the overlapping part.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06K 19/06 - Supports d'enregistrement pour utilisation avec des machines et avec au moins une partie prévue pour supporter des marques numériques caractérisés par le genre de marque numérique, p. ex. forme, nature, code
• B41J 3/01 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression ou de marquage sélectif caractérisés par le but dans lequel ils sont construits pour caractères particuliers, p. ex. pour caractères chinois ou codes-barres
• B42D 15/10 - Cartes d'identité, cartes de crédit, cartes bancaires ou cartes analogues portant des informations (supports d'enregistrement, p.ex. cartes d'identité ou cartes de crédit, pour utilisation avec des machines et avec au moins une partie prévue pour supporter des marques numériques G06K 19/00)
• G06F 3/12 - Sortie numérique vers une unité d'impression
• G06K 1/12 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour marquer les supports d'enregistrement sous la forme numérique autrement que par poinçonnage

Abrégé

A labeling device for sticking a label automatically to an article by having a part of the label project from the article in chevron. The labeling device comprises a label holding means (20) having a pair of split bodies (21A, 21B) for suction holding a label (L) supplied from a label supply means (10), and a folding/sticking means (30) for forming a folded portion (1) by folding a part of the label (L) thus held in chevron and sticking the outer end part (7) thereof to an article (W). The folding/sticking means (30) consists of a folding means (31) for moving the split bodies (21A, 21B) relatively to approach/recede and forming a folded portion (1) by pressing the label (L) with the split bodies (21A, 21B) during approach movement and folding a part of the label (L), and a movement control means (40) for positioning the split bodies (21A, 21B) at a separated position (J) when the label (L) is sucked by controlling movement of the folding means (31) and positioning the split bodies (21A, 21B) at a folded portion forming position (K) by moving the split bodies from the separated position (J) to be close to each other.

Classes IPC  ?

• B65C 9/26 - Dispositifs pour appliquer les étiquettes
• B65C 9/40 - CommandesDispositifs de sécurité
• G09F 3/00 - Étiquettes, fiches ou moyens analogues d'identification ou d'indicationSceauxTimbres-poste ou timbres analogues
• G09F 3/02 - Formes ou structures

Abrégé

Intended is to provide a printer, which can prevent a type band from meandering without needing a meander preventing plate and which can reliably prevent a selecting wheel and a snug roller adjoining from turning together. A type band (11) is equipped on its inner circumference with fitting projections (112) at positions individually corresponding to printing types (111). A selecting wheel (13) is equipped in its outer circumference with first fitted holes (131), in which the fitting projections (112) of the type band (11) are fitted as the selecting wheel (13) turns, for moving the type band (11) and for regulating the movement of the type band (11) in the widthwise direction. A snug roller (15) is equipped in its outer circumference with second fitted holes (151), in which the fitting projections (112) of the type band (11) are fitted as the type band (11) moves, for turning the snug roller (15) and for regulating the movement of the type band (11) in the widthwise direction.

Classes IPC  ?

• B41K 3/06 - Appareils à timbrer ayant des moyens incorporés pour supporter les objets à timbrer avec des surfaces de timbrage situées au-dessus de la surface supportant l'objet et se déplaçant à angle droit par rapport à la surface à timbrer ayant des bandes ou des chaînes porte-caractères

Abrégé

[PROBLEMS] A roll paper support device in which roll paper of different inner diameters can be easily installed without the use of a dedicated spacer and in which installed roll paper is prevented from being freely rotated by pulling force and inertia motion. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A pair of support rollers (14a, 14b) arranged on the same horizontal plane rotatably supports roll paper (3) by being in internal contact with the roll paper (3) at an inner diameter section of its tubular body (1) and rotates as the roll paper (3) rotates. Equal load torque is applied by a torque limiter to each of the pair of support rollers (14a, 14b). Because the roll paper (3) can be installed in place only by placing it in the roll paper support device such that the inner diameter section of the tubular body (1) is in internal contact with the pair of support rollers (14a, 14b), any roll paper (3) having a tubular body (1) whose inner diameter section can be in internal contact with the pair of support rollers (14a, 14b) can be installed in the roll paper support device.

Classes IPC  ?

• B65H 16/04 - Support de la bobine du type en porte-à-faux

Abrégé

[PROBLEMS] To provide a label printer, which does not require each apparatus to store issue data for all commercial products and suppresses the storage capacity of each apparatus to required minimum. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A label printer is provided with an issue data storage section (28) for storing issue data received from a host (60), and an input section (40) for inputting a search item to search the issue data. A CPU (22) searches the issue data storage section (28)by the search item inputted by the input section (40) and specifies the issue data that matches the search item. When the issue data cannot be specified, the issue data that matches the search item is acquired from the host (60) by transmitting the search item inputted by the input section (40) to the host (60). When issue of label is instructed based on the issue data acquired from the host (60), the issue data acquired from the host (60) is stored in the issue data storage section (28).

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 5/30 - Sélection de caractère ou syllabe commandée par des informations enregistrées
• G06F 3/12 - Sortie numérique vers une unité d'impression