Patents by Inventor Dean Howard Lodwig

Dean Howard Lodwig has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Computer driven printer
    Patent number: 6036383
    Abstract: Apparatus for maintaining tension on a ribbon in a printer used for transferring an image, e.g., thermally, from a print head through the ribbon to a print medium. By maintaining ribbon tension and thus keeping the ribbon essentially without wrinkles, print quality is enhanced. This tension maintenance apparatus uses a pair of torqued reel subassemblies with the ribbon extending between and is of particular significance when used in conjunction with a label stock as a printer medium when the printer mechanism bidirectionally moves the label stock to assist removal of labels from its backing. These torqued reel assemblies are sufficiently loaded such that ribbon tension is maintained between these reel assemblies despite this bidirectional movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Eltron International, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean Howard Lodwig, Philip Stuart Bryer, Douglas LeRoy Harb
  • Computer driven printer
    Patent number: 5820279
    Abstract: Apparatus for maintaining tension on a ribbon in a printer used for transferring an image, e.g., thermally, from a print head through the ribbon to a print medium. By maintaining ribbon tension and thus keeping the ribbon essentially without wrinkles, print quality is enhanced. This tension maintenance apparatus uses a pair of torqued reel subassemblies with the ribbon extending between and is of particular significance when used in conjunction with a label stock as a printer medium when the printer mechanism bidirectionally moves the label stock to assist removal of labels from its backing. These torqued reel assemblies are sufficiently loaded such that ribbon tension is maintained between these reel assemblies despite this bidirectional movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Eltron International, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean Howard Lodwig, Philip Stuart Bryer, Douglas LeRoy Harb
  • Computer driven printer
    Patent number: RE36953
    Abstract: Apparatus for maintaining tension on a ribbon in a printer used for transferring an image, e.g., thermally, from a print head through the ribbon to a print medium. By maintaining ribbon tension and thus keeping the ribbon essentially without wrinkles, print quality is enhanced. This tension maintenance apparatus uses a pair of torqued reel subassemblies with the ribbon extending between and is of particular significance when used in conjunction with a label stock as a printer medium when the printer mechanism bidirectionally moves the label stock to assist removal of labels from its backing. These torqued reel assemblies are sufficiently loaded such that ribbon tension is maintained between these reel assemblies despite this bidirectional movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: Eltron International, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean Howard Lodwig, Philip Stuart Bryer, Douglas LeRoy Harb