Patents by Inventor Joseph C. Olsovsky

Joseph C. Olsovsky 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).

  • Platen roller sleeved with heat shrinking tube for improved color registration in a platen-drive resistive thermal printer
    Patent number: 5795088
    Abstract: A resistive thermal printer has a platen drive mechanism which includes (1) a thermal printhead having an array of selectively-activatable thermal elements and (2) a rotatably-driven platen roller opposed to the printhead and forming a nip with the printhead through which a receiver medium is driven by the platen roller while the thermal elements are selectively activated. The platen roller has an inner core and an outer sleeve formed of a heat shrunk material. The platen roller includes a compliant layer below the outer sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Xin Wen, Joseph C. Olsovsky
  • Thermal printer and compliant platen for a thermal printer
    Patent number: 5673078
    Abstract: A platen roller for a thermal printer includes a compliant base material having a network stretch-resistant material embedded in it. The stretch-resistant material is preferably a network of nonwoven nylon, woven polyester, woven fiberglass, or similar structure which resists shear forces in a platen roller that transports a receiver through a nip in contact with a donor, which, in turn, is contacted by a thermal head. The reduction in shear forces improves the registration of color images in making a quality multicolor image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Xin Wen, Joseph C. Olsovsky