Abstract: A thermal printing device for printing an image data on a thermosensible paper includes a platen roller for conveying the thermosensible paper, a thermal head having a plurality of heater elements provided in opposition to the platen roller, a unit for pressing the thermal head against the platen roller with the thermosensible paper laid therebetween when the image data is printed on the thermosensible paper, a unit for controlling the pressing unit to release the thermal head out of a pressing state against the platen roller under predetermined conditions, and a unit for selectively actuating the heater elements in accordance with the image data.

Abstract: A heater for curing an ink design applied to the front surface of a cap comprises an infrared heating unit shaped to generally conform to the horizontal curvature and vertical inclination of the cap front surface. The cap is placed on a tray which is pushed into a heating zone. At the end of a prescribed heating period, the tray is automatically displaced out of the heating zone.

Abstract: A brush-type dampening unit in a rotary printing machine, includes at least one revolving carrier member having a multiplicity of brush bristles arranged thereon a pan roller dipping at least partly into a dampening-fluid pan, and revolving in a direction opposite to that of the carrier member, adjusting means for adjusting the position of the carrier member with respect to the pan roller, the revolving carrier member and pan roller having respective separately controllable drives independent of a drive of the printing machine, and means for zonally metering a quantity of dampening fluid over the width of the machine, as well as for influencing a direction of movement of the dampening fluid.

Abstract: This invention relates to a remaining paper rewinding device for a paper feeding apparatus in a printing system. This device has a simple structure with a compact size, which can be easily assembled and whose maintenance can be easily carried out.The remaining paper rewinding device comprises a rotary shaft rotatively driven, a pair of Y-form paper roll support members which are oppositely arranged on the rotary shaft, a plurality of paper roll support stems each of which is pivotally arranged on the same circumference of the paper roll support member and in parallel to the rotary shaft so that the opposite support stems are aligned with each other, a plurality of drive units each of which is assembled on the paper roll support stem arranged on at least one side of the paper roll support members, and a drive power transmission unit which can be selectively engaged with the drive unit to transmit the rotating drive force from a power unit to the engaged drive unit.

Abstract: An electromagnetic drive (5) for longitudinal motions is in each case furnished for each print pin (3) in a matrix pin print head (1). Guide mouthpieces (9), movable back and forth or, respectively, up and down, are furnished for the generation of speed and letter-quality printing. A lifting magnet device (10) serves for two defined end positions of a magnet armature (11). In order to dispose the lifting magnet device (10) within the smallest possible space, i.e. as compact as possible, and in order to improve the switching frequency, the lifting magnet device (10) is altogether disposed and attached, respectively, in a region (15) immediately adjacent to the guide mouthpiece (9) and includes a magnet yoke (17) with two or several magnet poles (18, 19).

Abstract: A Bicameral Keyboard is provided for generating pictographic characters wherein twenty keys are sufficient to specify the roughly 3000 characters required for ordinary personal and business correspondence. The Bicameral Keyboard is compatible with pictographic expression and pedagogy and will permit direct access to word processors, translation machines, page editors, and printers at input rates more rapid than possible using the alphanumeric keyboard with western orthographic characters.

Abstract: A printing machine for performing flat-bed printing having a printing form with hydrophobic and hydrophilic area thereon corresponding to an image to be printed, and a device for electrochemically converting, respective areas thereof for producing a printing copy from the hydrophobic into the hydrophilic state by means of a current-conduction arrangement, including a fluid applicator for applying a hydrophobic fluid full-surface to a surface of the printing form, and a control device for controlling the current-conduction arrangement for forming appropriate current paths and for electrochemically removing the hydrophobic fluid area-by-area in accordance with the hydrophilic areas required for the image to be printed; and a method of operation thereof.

Abstract: A mechanism for selectively engaging the doctor blade in a washer for the blanket cylinder of a printing press. The mechanism permits independent control of doctor blade engagement and, through the use of a plurality of adjustably mounted fluid pressure actuators spaced along the length of the doctor blade, facilitates accurate blade alignment, thus preventing non-uniform wear of the doctor blade and the washer roller.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cylinder covered with a printing blanket. According to the invention the layered structure of the blanket is such that the blanket is held onto the cylinder while fully surrounding this cylinder without any gap in the manner of a sleeve. This cylinder together with the printing sleeve is applicable in any type of offset printing machine.

Abstract: A stenographic machine includes a keyboard having a first area containing keys designated for at least some of numerals "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8" and "9", a second area containing keys designated for consonant letters, a third area containing, in order from left to right, keys designated for vowel letters "A", "O", "E" and "U", a first additional key designated for numeral "5" and a second additional key designated for numeral "0". The additional keys are located elsewhere than in the first area and are preferably directly below the keys designated for the letters "A" and "O".

Abstract: A self contained apparatus for indefinite respiration in non-air environments is provided and consists of a vest pack having a front section, a pair of flexible shoulder bars and a back section which is worn by a diver. A mechanism is for securing the front section and the back section of the vest pack about the waist of the diver. Water is stored in the back section of the vest pack. An air hose extends from the top of the flexible shoulder bars of the vest pack. A mouthpiece is connected to the air hose and another mechanism is within the vest pack, for electrolyzing the water in the back section so as to release the oxygen and allow the diver to breath the oxygen through the mouthpiece.

Abstract: A draft-paper rack structure for a computer which comprises a chassis, a supporting seat, a draft-paper rack, a transparent hood, a roller and an angle-setting knob; in fact, it is a clamp assembly for a typewriter to be designed into a clamp structure to be fastened on a computer keyboard so as to place a draft paper between the computer screen and the keyboard to enable a user to enter data into a computer without looking left and right (or back and forth) between a draft paper and the computer screen; a user may merely watch or scan up and down between a computer screen and a draft paper; the draft-paper rack structure is provided with an electro-motive adjusting knob to move a draft paper upward a suitable distance; a transparent hood mounted on the draft-paper rack has a line indicator for clearly indicating the lines of a draft being keyed in; the draft-paper rack can be clamped on a keyboard or a table having variable thickness, and it can also be placed on a desk; the rack can be set at a given slanti

Abstract: The method for determining impact energy of a type element of the printing machine includes providing at least two different-length flight paths for the type elements by changing a distance between a resting position of the hammer and a place of impact of the type elements by at least one known amount; measuring at least two different hammer flight times corresponding to the at least two different-length flight paths of the type elements differing by the at least one known amount, each of the different hammer flight times being equal to a difference between a time of impact of one of the type elements and a time of onset of current flow in the hammer electromagnet; forming a difference between two different hammer flight times; dividing the known amount by which the two flight paths associated with the two different hammer flight times differ by the difference determined for the two hammer flight times to obtain a speed of the type element at impact and thus the impact energy of the type element.

Abstract: A hand-held packaging tape dispenser is provided which includes a rotary tape holder controlled by a spring mechanism and an adjusting nut for holding and guiding packaging tape. The packaging tape guide roller provides for a guide for the leading end of the packaging tape. A cutting mechanism includes a pressure plate, a cutter holder, and a swing block which are controlled by a spring for cutting off the leading end of the packaging tape delivered from the housing. A printing mechanism prints on the leading end of the packaging tape and a packaging tape stretching mechanism stretches the leading end of the packaging tape for a printing operation by the printing mechanism.

Abstract: A sheet proofing mechanism for a printing, duplicating and like machine wherein sheets are delivered seriatim by a conveyor in a path over a receiving tray whereat the sheets drop onto a stack of sheets in the tray. Releasable gripping fingers are provided on the conveyor, and stripping fingers strip each released sheet from the conveyor and direct the sheet into the tray. A sheet proofing mechanism includes deflecting fingers spaced along the path from the stripping fingers for deflecting a released sheet from the conveyor to a proofing station. A tripping cam is provided along the path for selectively releasing the gripping fingers at a first point to allow the stripping fingers to strip the released sheet from the conveyor and at a second point to allow the deflecting fingers to deflect the released sheet to the proofing station. The machine also includes a numbering head for sequentially numbering the sheets, with an indexing lever for indexing the numbering head.

Abstract: A keyboard operable by one hand includes a first group of four elongated finger keys extending vertically in parallel spaced relation so as to be accessible by the four fingers of a user's hand, and a second group of thumb keys extending laterally of the first group and spaced vertically with respect to each other so as to be accessible by the user's thumb. The keyboard may include a first section operable by one hand and having the above two groups of keys for selecting alphabetical characters, and a second section operable by the second hand having further keys for selecting numerical characters, punctuation and operational controls.

Abstract: A portable hand-held electric powered medicine/water vaporizer consisting of a durable plastic shell (43), lid (27) and legs (69) with sufficient operating volume to vaporize medicine/water for a short time. Inside the shell is a vessel (35) for holding medicine/water. Under the vessel is a heater (39) for heating medicine/water to generate steam. The lid (27) consists of a fixed stem (23) with an adjustable cooling extension (21) to allow the user to adjust for desired temperature and steam flow. The lower shell consists of a box for cord (59) and plug (61) storage and a stainless steel base plate (67) for stability when free standing. The base stands on four legs (69) which allows air to flow through the ventilated stainless steel base plate, to the inside of the upper shell to allow the exterior of the upper shell to remain air cooled during use.

Abstract: A serial printer for printing recording paper has a printing head movable at a right angle with respect to the feeding direction of the recording paper. Vibration applying means, such as a piezoelectric element, is mounted on the outer circumference of the printing head for vibrating the printing head finely during the printing operation.

Abstract: A foam keyboard and wrist-support and keyboard dust-cover apparatus which comprises a foldable, flat-sheet, generally rectangular, flexible foam sheet material comprised of a plurality of separate foam sections singly die cut from a foam sheet material, to form a plurality of foam sections having short, uncut foam hinges connecting each of the foam sections and adapted to be moved between a wrist-support position in front of a keyboard, with a plurality of the foam sections stackably folded on top of each other, to form a wrist-support pad, and with at least one foam section beneath the front portion of the keyboard, to retain the wrist-support keyboard pad in position, and a keyboard dust-cover protecting position, wherein the stacked, folded, foam support pad is then extended, to form a protective dust cover over the face of the keyboard, and a method of preparing a foam keyboard wrist-support and keyboard dust-cover apparatus which comprises die cutting, in a single die-cutting operation, a generally recta

Abstract: An imprinter apparatus which utilizes a print roller traveling within a carraige over a base plate is provided with a rolling assembly which engages channels in the base plate to minimize play between the carriage and the base plate. The rolling assembly includes a first set of rollers which are laterally constrained within the carriage, a second set of rollers which are free to move laterally, and means for retaining the rollers in the channels. The imprinter apparatus is further provided with means for selectively lifting and lowering the print roller at the end and beginning of the print stroke. The lifting and lowering means includes inclined planar regions on a plastic molded print roller axle and cam means for laterally sliding the location of support of the axle along the inclined planar surface to selectively lift and lower the print roller.