Patents by Inventor Harald Miesbauer

Harald Miesbauer 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).

  • Apparatus for reading and identifying data carriers in card form which can be printed upon
    Patent number: 5825393
    Abstract: To print a card-type data medium that has a thermosensitive layer, the data medium is passed through a flat channel defining a level transport path provided with a bulge. Situated in the bulge is a thermal print head set at a distance outside the transport path. Opposite the thermal print head, on the other side of the channel is a pressure contact roller which can be moved through the transport path toward the thermal print head. The device preferably has a bar code reader, a magnetic strip reader and an IC reader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Skidata Computer Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Wofram Kocznar, Harald Miesbauer