Abstract: A label printer is provided with a printer body that includes a paper roll holder; a label printing unit that includes a print head; a platen roller that sends the paper strip in a first direction after the paper strip passes through the print head; a cover that opens or closes the paper roll holder; and a removal unit that peels off the label from the paper strip. One end of the cover is pivotally supported on the printer body via a first rotation shaft that is parallel to a central axis of the paper roll. One end of a longitudinal side of the removal unit is pivotally supported on the cover via a second rotation shaft that is perpendicular to the first rotation shaft. A locking mechanism that engages with the cover is provided at the other end of the longitudinal side of the removal unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides an integrated thick film heating element on a substrate made from high temperature melt-flowable thermoplastic polymer/powder additive formulations which form an electrically insulating thermoplastic dielectric coating on the substrate, and electrically resistive lead free films and electrically conductive film formulations that are deposited and fired to form an integrated thick film heating element on a substrate at a processing temperature well below 600° C. This thick film heating element is formed on a substrate material coated first with the electrically insulating, filled melt flowable high temperature thermoplastic polymer/powder composite layer on which is deposited the electrically resistive lead free thick film that is capable of operating over a wide range of power densities for consumer and industrial heating element applications, with suitable electrical insulation properties under temperature cycling to for example 250° C.

Abstract: A method for producing a thermoplastic film-substrate resistive thick film heating element is described, involving the melt bonding of an electrically insulating, optionally filled high temperature thermoplastic film to a substrate. This thick film heating element includes an optionally filled high temperature thermoplastic film-substrate onto which is deposited at least a resistive thick film, and is capable of operating over a wide range of power densities for consumer and industrial heating element applications.

Abstract: The present invention provides an integrated thick film heating element on a substrate made from high temperature melt-flowable thermoplastic polymer/powder additive formulations which form an electrically insulating thermoplastic dielectric coating on the substrate, and electrically resistive lead free films and electrically conductive film formulations that are deposited and fired to form an integrated thick film heating element on a substrate at a processing temperature well below 600° C. This thick film heating element is formed on a substrate material coated first with the electrically insulating, filled melt flowable high temperature thermoplastic polymer/powder composite layer on which is deposited the electrically resistive lead free thick film that is capable of operating over a wide range of power densities for consumer and industrial heating element applications, with suitable electrical insulation properties under temperature cycling to for example 250° C.

Abstract: A lead free, thick film heating element. Known thick film heating elements contain environmentally hazardous material such as lead. This is particularly problematic when manufacturing thick film heating elements, as lead is often used in thick film formulations to allow the glass-based thick film to be processed at low firing temperatures. Using composite sol gel technology, the present invention provides a method to produce a lightweight mica-based thick film heating element based on thick film materials that are free from lead or cadmium. This mica-based element is lightweight, has the performance advantages of a thick film heating element, and may be processed at a low temperature using thick film materials.

Abstract: A composition for application to a substrate to form a an electrically conductive coating thereon. The composition includes a sol-gel solution filled with a conductive powder. The coating may be conductive or resistive depending on the application. A process is provided for applying such a coating by mixing a sol-gel solution with up to about 90% by weight of the solution of a conductive powder selected from the group consisting of ceramics, inter-ceramics, semi-conductors and metals so as to provide a uniform stable dispersion. The stable dispersion is applied to a substrate and the coated substrate is fired at a temperature sufficient to remove organic constituents and to produce at least a partially conductive film on the substrate. A heating device is also provided which is a product of the above process.

Abstract: There is described a balancing element for a flap opening especially at an automobile, with two end points, which are adjustable relative to one another in the principal direction of the element, and comprising two draw yokes (15) which are operatively connected together and which are enclosed by a tension spring (20) snugly embracing them and having its end points fixed near the end points of the draw yokes (15).

Abstract: A device for fixing an object to a support in accordance with the invention includes a housing having a first wall that defines a channel and a second wall extending from the first wall at an angle. A member has a first section that defines a hole and a second section that extends from the first section at an angle. The member is disposed relative to the housing such that the channel and the hole form a contiguous passage. A lever is pivotally attached to the housing and is movable between a nonobstructing position wherein the first section of the member is movable along the first wall of the housing and the object is movable through the passage, and a locked position wherein the first section of the member is secured to the first wall of the housing and the object is locked in position within the passage.