Patents Assigned to Paxar Americas, Inc.
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Patent number: 7368029Abstract: There is disclosed thermal transfer media containing both fixed and variable printed information, and method of making and using such a thermal transfer medium. The fixed information is printed in one or more fixed-information zone(s) preferably on a web during a long production run and thereafter as the need arises the variable information is printed or imprinted in one or more variable information zone(s) on sections of the web during shorter production runs. The transfer medium is particularly suited for printing onto fabrics that are subject to repeated home laundering and commercial dry cleaning.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2006Date of Patent: May 6, 2008Assignee: Paxar Americas, Inc.Inventor: Paul A. Chamandy
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Patent number: 7350463Abstract: Disclosed are a printer and a stacker and methods. The printer prints selectively on one or both sides of a printable web and sheets or labels are cut from the web and stacked in the stacker. The printer has an unwind mechanism that accepts and holds web rolls of different widths in center-justified relationship with respect to a print head. The printer has a spindle for mounting an ink ribbon core with a detent for center-justifying the ink-ribbon with respect to the print head.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2006Date of Patent: April 1, 2008Assignee: Paxar Americas, Inc.Inventors: Raymond A. Blanchard, Jr., Donald J. Ward
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Patent number: 7350992Abstract: Disclosed are a printer and a stacker and methods. The printer prints selectively on one or both sides of a printable web and sheets or labels are cut from the web and stacked in the stacker. The printer has an unwind mechanism that accepts and holds web rolls of different widths in center-justified relationship with respect to a print head. The printer has a spindle for mounting an ink ribbon core with a detent or latch for center-justifying the ink-ribbon with respect to the print head. A spindle assembly has two latches for counter-justifying a wide range of cores of different widths.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2006Date of Patent: April 1, 2008Assignee: Paxar Americas, Inc.Inventor: Donald J. Ward
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Publication number: 20070090800Abstract: Power control systems and methods are provided to control when and how power is removed from devices. A power control system includes a sensing module that detects an output voltage level of a battery pack. A shutoff module initiates a shutoff routine when the output voltage level decreases to a device shutoff voltage level. The device shutoff voltage level is greater than the battery pack shutoff voltage level. A bypass module prevents the initiation of the shutoff routine when the device performs one or more operations that are known to cause high battery current spikes that will resultant in significant voltage drops from the battery pack.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2005Publication date: April 26, 2007Applicant: Paxar Americas, Inc.Inventor: Robert Schulte
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Patent number: 7186043Abstract: There is disclosed a printer with an arrangement for assuring that a linerless tacky adhesive-backed web is reliably fed. The printer has stripper elements which terminate at tip portions which extend into the platen roll to initially cut grooves in the platen roll, and because the tip portions extend below the outer periphery of the platen roll into these grooves, the stripper elements continue to strip the web reliably from the platen roll during subsequent printing cycles.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2004Date of Patent: March 6, 2007Assignee: Paxar Americas, Inc.Inventor: Thomas Patrick Keller
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Patent number: 7170538Abstract: There is disclosed a method using thermal and inkjet printing and a combination thermal and inkjet printer includes a thermal print head, an inkjet print head and at least one motor for driving a web of record members, such as labels past the thermal print head and the inkjet print head. A controller controls the thermal print head and the inkjet print head while the inkjet print head remains stationary to print on a record member as the record member moves continuously past each of the print heads at the same speed to provide a simple, fast and inexpensive and less complex combination thermal and inkjet printer than prior combination printers. The thermal print head is used to print data and the ink jet print head is used to print marks of any of various contrasting colors.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2004Date of Patent: January 30, 2007Assignee: Paxar Americas, Inc.Inventor: Rudolph J. Klein
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Patent number: 7160041Abstract: There is disclosed a hand-held printer for printing on linerless label webs wherein a thermal print head is maintained in pressure contact with the linerless web and a platen roll throughout successive printing cycles, but wherein the pressure is automatically relieved at or shortly after each printing cycle is completed.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2004Date of Patent: January 9, 2007Assignee: Paxar Americas, Inc.Inventor: Rudolph J. Klein
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Patent number: 7156796Abstract: There is disclosed an ink roller having a base and an inked sleeve received about and in supported contact with the base, wherein the fit between the inked sleeve and the base is insufficient to prevent relative slippage or rotation between the base and the sleeve, and wherein one or more small ridges on the base engage the sleeve to help prevent such relative rotation.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2003Date of Patent: January 2, 2007Assignee: Paxar Americas, Inc.Inventor: James A. Makley
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Patent number: 7151552Abstract: There is disclosed thermal transfer media containing both fixed and variable printed information, and method of making and using such a thermal transfer medium. The fixed information is printed in one or more fixed-information zone(s) preferably on a web during a long production run and thereafter as the need arises the variable information is printed or imprinted in one or more variable information zone(s) on sections of the web during shorter production runs. The transfer medium is particularly suited for printing onto fabrics that are subject to repeated home laundering and commercial dry cleaning.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2006Date of Patent: December 19, 2006Assignee: Paxar Americas, Inc.Inventor: Paul A. Chamandy
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Patent number: 7125182Abstract: Disclosed are a printer and a stacker and methods. The printer prints selectively on one or both sides of a printable web and sheets or labels are cut from the web and stacked in the stacker. The printer has an unwind mechanism that accepts and holds web rolls of different widths in center-justified relationship with respect to a print head. The printer has a spindle for mounting an ink ribbon core with a detent for center-justifying the ink-ribbon with respect to the print head.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2004Date of Patent: October 24, 2006Assignee: Paxar Americas, Inc.Inventors: Donald A. Campbell, Donald J. Ward
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Patent number: 7126935Abstract: A pair of compact, energy-efficient, intelligent, wireless transceiver units are designed to replace the cable that interconnects a portable bar-code scanner, keyboard, and display or other host to a portable bar-code printer or the like. When reset, the units exchange linkage packets and thereby exchange addresses. Thereafter, the two units communicate in an error-free fashion with each other, even in the presence of noise and interference, by exchanging addressed packets containing error detection information. Alternate transmission frequencies are selected when transmissions cannot be received at one frequency. The host unit may maintain independent linkages with multiple printers or the like, with a switch on the host unit selecting the desired printer. Power usage is minimized by shutting down transmitters, receivers, serial port drivers, and microprocessors whenever possible, and for extended periods when data is not being transmitted.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2000Date of Patent: October 24, 2006Assignee: Paxar Americas, Inc.Inventors: John P. Brown, Terry L. Tincher, Donald A. Morrison
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Patent number: 7102657Abstract: There is disclosed thermal transfer media containing both fixed and variable printed information, and method of making and using such a thermal transfer medium. The fixed information is printed in one or more fixed-information zone(s) preferably on a web during a long production run and thereafter as the need arises the variable information is printed or imprinted in one or more variable information zone(s) on sections of the web during shorter production runs. The transfer medium is particularly suited for printing onto fabrics that are subject to repeated home laundering and commercial dry cleaning.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2003Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignee: Paxar Americas, Inc.Inventor: Paul A. Chamandy
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Patent number: 7096151Abstract: There is disclosed method of detecting tampering with product packages, using an RFID transponder on the package, wherein the weight before shipment is encoded into the RFID transponder, and the received package is weighed and its RFID transponder is decoded upon receipt of the package, and a comparison of the two weights will indicated tampering or the likelihood of tampering if the weights are outside allowable limits.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2004Date of Patent: August 22, 2006Assignee: Paxar Americas, Inc.Inventor: Rudolph J. Klein
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Patent number: 7073717Abstract: There is disclosed an assembly of a portable data entry device and a portable printer. The printer is hand-held and carries the data entry device. The data entry device includes a scanner and is located at the front portion of the printer. The printer has a space for accommodating a label roll and a print module which are located at the rear portion of the printer.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 1999Date of Patent: July 11, 2006Assignee: Paxar Americas, Inc.Inventors: Gregory B. Arnold, Dennis S. Prows
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Patent number: 7029189Abstract: There is disclosed a lightweight portable printer having a frame or housing with a print head and a cooperable platen roll mounted in the housing. The housing pivotally mounts a subassembly. The subassembly mounts an electric motor and gearing driven by the motor for driving the platen roll. The subassembly is resiliently urged to press the print head against the platen roll. The printer has a front door which provides access to the inside of the housing. The front door mounts the platen roll, a label delaminator, a pressure roll, a holder for mounting a supply roll of labels or tags, and a latch for latching the door to the housing and for camming the pressure roll into and out of cooperation with the platen roll.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2004Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Assignee: Paxar Americas, Inc.Inventors: Orville C. Huggins, Thomas P. Keller, Dennis S. Prows, David R. Wisecup
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Patent number: 7000666Abstract: There is disclosed a hand-held labeler for printing and applying labels and for printing tags. The labeler has a keyboard, a display, a scanner, and a battery-containing handle. The labeler is user-friendly and compact. The labeler can be easily loaded with label and tag webs of different widths. The labeler has a discharge chute for the carrier web which can be slid to a position outside the labeler for easy cleaning.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2004Date of Patent: February 21, 2006Assignee: Paxar Americas, Inc.Inventors: Brent E. Goodwin, Thomas P. Keller, James A. Makley, Mark W. Moore
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Patent number: 6890112Abstract: There is disclosed a linerless label web roll wherein the label web has a patterned coating of pressure sensitive adhesive on its underside between marginal side edges and at marginal side edges of the label web. The adhesive is provided in longitudinally extending laterally spaced stripes of adhesive with intervening adhesive-free zones. The label web can be supported and/or guided by support or guide elements which contact the adhesive-free zones in a suitable utilization device such as a printer or label applicator.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2002Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: Paxar Americas, Inc.Inventor: James Richard Kline
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Patent number: D522330Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2003Date of Patent: June 6, 2006Assignee: Paxar Americas, Inc.Inventors: Gregory B. Arnold, James A. Makley
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Patent number: D536730Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2004Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Assignee: Paxar Americas, Inc.Inventors: Raymond A. Blanchard, Jr., Donald A. Campbell, Eugene A. Helmetsie, Donald J. Ward
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Patent number: D542838Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2006Date of Patent: May 15, 2007Assignee: Paxar Americas, Inc.Inventors: Raymond A. Blanchard, Jr., Donald A. Campbell, Eugene A. Helmetsie, Donald J. Ward