Patents by Inventor Peter Carey Landers

Peter Carey Landers 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).

  • Printing apparatus and method of operation of a printing apparatus
    Patent number: 8711193
    Abstract: A printing apparatus including a printhead for transferring ink from a ribbon to a substrate to be printed, a print roller for guiding the substrate to be printed, a peel-off roller for separating the ribbon from the substrate, downstream of the printhead, wherein a peel-off angle is subtended between a portion of ribbon which, when the printing apparatus is in use, extends between the printhead and the peel-off roller and a tangent to the print roller at a contact point on the circumference of the print roller, and a printhead angle is subtended between a part of the printhead which transfers ink from the ribbon to the substrate and a radius of the print roller at the contact point, and wherein the printhead angle is adjustable in accordance with the speed of the ribbon relative to the printing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Markem-Imaje Limited
    Inventors: Frances H. Benton, Peter Carey Landers, Mark Rapposelli, Simon Starkey
  • PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATION OF A PRINTING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20130215209
    Abstract: A printing apparatus including a printhead for transferring ink from a ribbon to a substrate to be printed, a print roller for guiding the substrate to be printed, a peel-off roller for separating the ribbon from the substrate, downstream of the printhead, wherein a peel-off angle is subtended between a portion of ribbon which, when the printing apparatus is in use, extends between the printhead and the peel-off roller and a tangent to the print roller at a contact point on the circumference of the print roller, and a printhead angle is subtended between a part of the printhead which transfers ink from the ribbon to the substrate and a radius of the print roller at the contact point, and wherein the printhead angle is adjustable in accordance with the speed of the ribbon relative to the printing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Inventors: Frances H. Benton, Peter Carey Landers, Mark Rapposelli, Simon Starkey