Patents by Inventor Edward Michael Hansburg

Edward Michael Hansburg 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).

  • System and method for continuous label printing
    Patent number: 6905269
    Abstract: A system for continuous printing is disclosed. The system includes an unwind storing a roll of print media; a cutter which receives the print media and which cuts the print media into sheets of variable length; a sheet printer which receives the sheets of print media from said cutter, prints a design on each of the sheets and outputs printed-on sheets; an edge sensor which detects a leading edge of each of the printed-on sheets when output from said sheet printer; a rewind which receives the printed-on sheets output from said sheet printer; and a controller which receives an output signal from said edge sensor indicating the detection of the leading edge and synchronizes said rewind and the received printed-on sheets to cause a trailing edge and the leading edge of each successive printed-on sheet received by said rewind to be butted one to the other on the rewind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Oki Data Americas, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward Michael Hansburg
  • System and method for continuous label printing
    Publication number: 20040050273
    Abstract: A system for continuous printing is disclosed. The system includes an unwind storing a roll of print media; a cutter which receives the print media and which cuts the print media into sheets of variable length; a sheet printer which receives the sheets of print media from said cutter, prints a design on each of the sheets and outputs printed-on sheets; an edge sensor which detects a leading edge of each of the printed-on sheets when output from said sheet printer; a rewind which receives the printed-on sheets output from said sheet printer; and a controller which receives an output signal from said edge sensor indicating the detection of the leading edge and synchronizes said rewind and the received printed-on sheets to cause a trailing edge and the leading edge of each successive printed-on sheet received by said rewind to be butted one to the other on the rewind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Applicant: Oki Data Americas, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward Michael Hansburg
  • Apparatus for recording information about an ink cartridge
    Patent number: 6390590
    Abstract: An apparatus for recording information about an ink cartridge installed in a printing mechanism is disclosed. The apparatus includes an indicator internal to the ink cartridge for providing the information about the ink cartridge, a sensor, external to the ink cartridge, for receiving the information from the indicator; and a controller for receiving the information from the sensor and storing the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Oki Data Americas, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward Michael Hansburg