Abstract: An automatic card handling apparatus for use in casino card games possesses a card deck intake portal and a card deck discharge portal which are both accessible by a dealer. The apparatus allows two fully-shuffled, but separated, card decks to be ready for play simultaneously. A first shuffled card deck is independently supported in the card deck discharge portal by a retractable support structure while a second shuffled card deck remains ready for play while independently supported by a slot-less elevator within the footprint of the first shuffled deck. Three separated decks can be automatically routed through the apparatus in order to sustain uninterrupted card play. Also disclosed is a method of randomizing a group of playing cards.

Abstract: An attachment for a massage gun which aids the user in holding the massage gun steady while focusing on a target muscle without requiring two hands as well as reduces user fatigue while focusing on a target muscle for longer periods of time. The attachment of the embodiments of the present invention is light weight and easily attachable and detachable to a massage gun. The attachment includes a first portion mountable to a handle of the handheld massage gun, a second portion connected to the first portion at an angle and a flexible third portion having an axis orthogonal to the first portion.

Abstract: An accessory for a massage gun which aids the user in holding the massage gun steady while focusing on a target muscle without requiring two hands as well as reduces user fatigue while focusing on a target muscle for longer periods of time. The accessory of the embodiments of the present invention is light weight and easily attachable and detachable to a massage gun.

Abstract: There is disclosed an ink jet printer for printing on both sides of a label web. The printer has selectively movable guides which enable the label web to be easily threaded through the printer and which enable the label web to be brought into an operating position for printing and advancing the label web. The printer has individually and selectively removably mounted ink jet print modules to facilitate changing of ink colors, replacing or servicing a malfunctioning print module, and so forth. The ink jet print heads of the modules can be individually selectively moved between printing and stored positions. The unwinding of the label web from the supply roll is facilitated by an unwind mechanism to prevent stretching of the label web. The system for delivering ink and recovering waste ink includes needles for penetrating a cartridge. A guard shields the needles when the module(s) are out of the printer.

Abstract: There is disclosed an ink jet printer for printing on both sides of a label web. The printer has selectively movable guides which enable the label web to be easily threaded through the printer and which enable the label web to be brought into an operating position for printing and advancing the label web. The printer has individually and selectively removably mounted ink jet print modules to facilitate changing of ink colors, replacing or servicing a malfunctioning print module, and so forth. The ink jet print heads of the modules can be individually selectively moved between printing and stored positions.

Abstract: A disposable ink refill system includes a recharge cartridge that attaches to a conventional desktop inkjet printer. A host cartridge unit, which includes a translating inkjet cartridge and an attached umbilical assembly, is fluidly connected to the recharge cartridge. The umbilical assembly easily attaches and detaches from the recharge cartridge to facilitate quick and easy exchange of the ink recharge cartridge, thereby providing a significantly less expensive alternative to ink cartridge replacement. The host ink cartridge unit, which has a useful life exceeding its ink capacity, is refilled instead of replaced, thus lowering a user's costs. The docking platform is integrated into the printer chassis, thus further facilitating quick and easy coupling of the umbilical assembly to the recharge cartridge. A docking platform, attached to the printer, provides the interconnection between the recharge cartridge and the host cartridge unit.

Abstract: A thermal print head control mechanism for use with a thermal typewriter or thermal printer supported on a carrier housing which moves along a platen and the mechanism includes a bidirectional motor and pinion gear for selectively rotating a sector gear about a center point. A bellcrank having a pair of arms is supported on the carrier housing for pivotal rotation about a point between the arms. An end of one of the arms carries a vertically directed print head proximate the platen and an end of the other arm is connected to an anchor near one side edge of the sector gear by a coil spring. The anchor point is positioned so that as the sector gear is rotated from one position to another, the longitudinal axis of the coil spring will cross over the sector gear center of rotation. During rotation of the sector gear, the axial length of the coil spring is such that it will be tensioned when its longitudinal axis is on each side of the sector gear center of rotation.

Abstract: A facsimile machine and paper cartridge system wherein the facsimile machine is convertible by accepting disposable cartridges having either plain paper or paper coated with a thermal transfer coating, either cartridge having a paper flow path which reverses the natural curl of the paper to provide generally flat facsimile printouts. Each type of cartridge may also be provided with a wiping surface for cleaning the facsimile machine print head upon the insertion and removal of the cartridge from the machine.

Abstract: A thermal paper cartridge for a facsimile machine, the cartridge including an internal supply of thermal paper, a facsimile machine print head cleaning surface, and an internal paper flow path which reverses the natural curl of the paper to provide generally flat facsimile printouts.

Abstract: A plain paper cartridge for a facsimile machine, the cartridge having an internal supply of plain paper and thermal transfer ribbon, a wiping surface for cleaning the facsimile machine print head upon the insertion and removal of the cartridge from the machine, and an internal paper flow path which reverses the natural curl of the paper to provide generally flat facsimile printouts.

Abstract: A keybutton guide assembly for a full sized keyboard with full travel keybuttons has a structure including a keybutton having a spring actuator engaging a spring finger at a location spaced away from a keybutton stem. This structure causes the keybutton stem to be guided only at an upper end of a stem guide boss for controlling the movement of a keybutton between rest and depressed positions with minimum rubbing friction.

Abstract: A full sized electronic keyboard with full travel keybuttons provides switches for controlling an electronic typewriter or for controlling other devices. The keyboard has a structure designed for reducing part count and switch component part size and for simplifying assembly to minimize manufacturing cost. The structure has integral one piece parts for accommodating several keybutton actions. The integral one piece parts include a main frame, a sheet steel spring, a rubber dome switch member, and a printed circuit switch panel.

Abstract: An electronic typewriter has a right margin zone hyphenation system operable with an error correction function to provide a reasonably aligned right margin of printed lines on a work sheet. To hyphen a word or a partial word printed in the hyphenation zone, the operator positions a print mechanism to a hyphen position within the word and depresses a hyphen key. The electronics automatically erases the characters at the hyphen position and to the right of the hyphen position, prints a hyphen at the hyphen position, moves the print mechanism to a left margin, indexes the work sheet and prints the characters erased from the preceding line at the left margin on the next line. The hyphenation system is also operable to automatically erase an entire word in the hyphenation zone and reprint the word on the next line.

Abstract: A print hammer release mechanism for use in typewriters or similar machines in which means are provided for moving the print hammer from a first position in which the print hammer is in position for a printing operation to occur, to a second position which facilitates the insertion of a print element into the typewriter.