Patents by Inventor Bas W. J. J. A. Van Dorp

Bas W. J. J. A. Van Dorp 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).

  • Printer with reciprocating printhead carriage
    Patent number: 7568852
    Abstract: A printer including: a frame, a bearing assembly mounted to said frame, a platen rotatably supported in the bearing assembly for advancing a sheet of a recording medium, a guide rail mounted to the frame and extending in parallel with an axial direction (Y) of the platen, a ruler extending in parallel with the guide rail, a carriage driven to reciprocate along the guide rail and carrying a printhead, and a detector arranged to detect the position of the carriage relative to the ruler, wherein, in said axial direction (Y), the ruler is rigidly fixed at a location of the bearing assembly independently of the guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: OCE' -Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Frank J. H. Nottelman, Barry B. Goeree, Henk-Jan Zwiers, Bas W. J. J. A. Van Dorp, Luc G. T. Dircks
  • Printer with reciprocating carriage and a two-stage frame structure
    Patent number: 7438488
    Abstract: A printer including: a frame composed of a lower frame and an upper frame supported on the lower frame, a platen rotatably supported in the upper frame for advancing a recording medium, a guide rail extending in parallel with an axial direction (Y) of the platen, a carriage guided at the guide rail and carrying a printhead, and a drive mechanism adapted to drive the carriage reciprocatingly along the guide rail, wherein the drive mechanism is directly supported in said axial direction (Y) by the lower frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: OCE-Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Barry B. Goeree, Henk-Jan Zwiers, Frank J. H. Nottelman, Luc G. T. Dircks, Bas W. J. J. A. Van Dorp