Patents by Inventor Richard D. Puckett
Richard D. Puckett 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).
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Patent number: 9975368Abstract: Fanfold and/or perforated media comprising a substrate including one or more friable coatings and an overcoat covering at least a portion of the one or more friable coatings proximate to one or more associated fanfolds and/or perforations is provided, wherein the overcoat mitigates spallation of the one or more friable coatings. Methods and apparatus for making the same are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Iconex LLCInventors: Timothy W. Rawlings, Paul C. Blank, Mary Ann Wehr, Richard D. Puckett
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Publication number: 20170182827Abstract: Fanfold and/or perforated media comprising a substrate including one or more friable coatings and an overcoat covering at least a portion of the one or more friable coatings proximate to one or more associated fanfolds and/or perforations is provided, wherein the overcoat mitigates spallation of the one or more friable coatings. Methods and apparatus for making the same are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2014Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventors: Timothy W. Rawlings, Paul C. Blank, Mary Ann Wehr, Richard D. Puckett
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Patent number: 9346306Abstract: Fanfold and/or perforated media comprising a substrate including one or more friable coatings and an overcoat covering at least a portion of the one or more friable coatings proximate to one or more associated fanfolds and/or perforations is provided, wherein the overcoat mitigates spallation of the one or more friable coatings. Methods and apparatus for making the same are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: Timothy W. Rawlings, Paul C. Blank, Mary Ann Wehr, Richard D. Puckett
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Patent number: 9346285Abstract: Methods of, and apparatus for, two-sided thermal printing comprising direct and/or thermal transfer print means are provided. In one embodiment, a combined direct thermal and thermal transfer printer and related media are disclosed wherein direct thermal printing is provided for on a first media side, and thermal transfer printing is provided on a second media side. In other embodiments, various two-sided thermal transfer printers and media are disclosed wherein thermal transfer printing is provided for on first and second media sides through use of, inter alia, a one- and/or a two-sided thermal transfer ribbon.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2015Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: Timothy W. Rawlings, Matthew A. McLaughlin, Jeffrey S. Denton, Richard D. Puckett, Yaoping A. Tan, Paul C. Blank, Michael J. VanDemark
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Publication number: 20150273924Abstract: Fanfold and/or perforated media comprising a substrate including one or more friable coatings and an overcoat covering at least a portion of the one or more friable coatings proximate to one or more associated fanfolds and/or perforations is provided, wherein the overcoat mitigates spallation of the one or more friable coatings. Methods and apparatus for making the same are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2014Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: NCR CORPORATIONInventors: Timothy W. Rawlings, Paul C. Blank, Mary Ann Wehr, Richard D. Puckett
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Publication number: 20150273925Abstract: Fanfold and/or perforated media comprising a substrate including one or more friable coatings and an overcoat covering at least a portion of the one or more friable coatings proximate to one or more associated fanfolds and/or perforations is provided, wherein the overcoat mitigates spallation of the one or more friable coatings. Methods and apparatus for making the same are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2014Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: NCR CORPORATIONInventors: Timothy W. Rawlings, Paul C. Blank, Mary Ann Wehr, Richard D. Puckett
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Publication number: 20150231895Abstract: Methods of, and apparatus for, two-sided thermal printing comprising direct and/or thermal transfer print means are provided. In one embodiment, a combined direct thermal and thermal transfer printer and related media are disclosed wherein direct thermal printing is provided for on a first media side, and thermal transfer printing is provided on a second media side. In other embodiments, various two-sided thermal transfer printers and media are disclosed wherein thermal transfer printing is provided for on first and second media sides through use of, inter alia, a one- and/or a two-sided thermal transfer ribbon.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Inventors: Timothy W. Rawlings, Matthew A. McLaughlin, Jeffrey S. Denton, Richard D. Puckett, Yaoping A. Tan, Paul C. Blank, Michael J. VanDemark
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Patent number: 9056488Abstract: Methods of, and apparatus for, two-sided thermal printing comprising direct and/or thermal transfer print means are provided. In one embodiment, a combined direct thermal and thermal transfer printer and related media are disclosed wherein direct thermal printing is provided for on a first media side, and thermal transfer printing is provided on a second media side. In other embodiments, various two-sided thermal transfer printers and media are disclosed wherein thermal transfer printing is provided for on first and second media sides through use of, inter alia, a one- and/or a two-sided thermal transfer ribbon.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2007Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: Timothy W. Rawlings, Matthew A. McLaughlin, Jeffery S. Denton, Richard D. Puckett, Yaoping A. Tan, Paul C. Blank, Michael J. VanDemark
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Patent number: 8211826Abstract: Two-sided thermal media comprising thermal transfer receptive and/or direct thermal thermally sensitive coatings on one or both of a first and a second side thereof are provided. In one embodiment, two-sided thermal media comprising a substrate having a first side and a second side, opposite the first side, and a first and a second thermal transfer receptive coating supported on the respective first and second substrate sides is provided. In another embodiment, two-sided thermal media comprising a substrate having a thermal transfer receptive coating on a first side thereof, and a direct thermal thermally sensitive coating on a second side thereof, is provided. In some embodiments, a direct thermal thermally sensitive coating provided on one or both sides of two-sided thermal media is adapted to image at a temperature different than a temperature at which thermal transfer printing has or can occur.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2007Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: Mark E. Keeton, Yaoping Tan, Matthew A. McLaughlin, Jeffery S. Denton, Timothy W. Rawlings, Richard D. Puckett, Paul C. Blank
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Patent number: 8207824Abstract: A radio frequency identification enabled dual-sided direct thermal image element and printer therefor are provided. One embodiment includes, a first substrate having an exterior side and an interior side, a radio frequency identification device attached to the interior side of the first substrate, and a second substrate having an exterior side and an interior side, wherein both the first substrate and the second substrate include a thermally sensitive coating on at least the exterior side thereof, and wherein the interior side of the second substrate is attached to the interior side of the first substrate, such that the radio frequency identification device is positioned between the first substrate and second substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2007Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: Mark Keeton, Mohamed Fayaz S. Khatri, Gregory S. Vannatta, Richard D. Puckett, Patricia A. Puckett, legal representative, Michael J. VanDemark
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Publication number: 20090199527Abstract: Fanfold and/or perforated media comprising a substrate including one or more friable coatings and an overcoat covering at least a portion of the one or more friable coatings proximate to one or more associated fanfolds and/or perforations is provided, wherein the overcoat mitigates spallation of the one or more friable coatings. Methods and apparatus for making the same are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2008Publication date: August 13, 2009Inventors: Mary Ann Wehr, Paul C. Blank, Timothy W. Rawling, Richard D. Puckett, Patricia A. Puckett
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Publication number: 20090108994Abstract: A radio frequency identification enabled dual-sided direct thermal image element and printer therefor are provided. One embodiment includes, a first substrate having an exterior side and an interior side, a radio frequency identification device attached to the interior side of the first substrate, and a second substrate having an exterior side and an interior side, wherein both the first substrate and the second substrate include a thermally sensitive coating on at least the exterior side thereof, and wherein the interior side of the second substrate is attached to the interior side of the first substrate, such that the radio frequency identification device is positioned between the first substrate and second substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2007Publication date: April 30, 2009Inventors: Mark Keeton, Mohamed Fayaz Khatri, Gregory S. Vannatta, Richard D. Puckett, Michael J. VanDemark, Patricia A. Puckett
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Publication number: 20090017236Abstract: Two-sided thermal media comprising thermal transfer receptive and/or direct thermal thermally sensitive coatings on one or both of a first and a second side thereof are provided. In one embodiment, two-sided thermal media comprising a substrate having a first side and a second side, opposite the first side, and a first and a second thermal transfer receptive coating supported on the respective first and second substrate sides is provided. In another embodiment, two-sided thermal media comprising a substrate having a thermal transfer receptive coating on a first side thereof, and a direct thermal thermally sensitive coating on a second side thereof, is provided. In some embodiments, a direct thermal thermally sensitive coating provided on one or both sides of two-sided thermal media is adapted to image at a temperature different than a temperature at which thermal transfer printing has or can occur.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2007Publication date: January 15, 2009Inventors: Mark E. Keeton, Yaoping Tan, Matthew A. McLaughlin, Jeffery S. Denton, Timothy W. Rawlings, Richard D. Puckett, Paul C. Blank
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Publication number: 20090015647Abstract: Methods of, and apparatus for, two-sided thermal printing comprising direct and/or thermal transfer print means are provided. In one embodiment, a combined direct thermal and thermal transfer printer and related media are disclosed wherein direct thermal printing is provided for on a first media side, and thermal transfer printing is provided on a second media side. In other embodiments, various two-sided thermal transfer printers and media are disclosed wherein thermal transfer printing is provided for on first and second media sides through use of, inter alia, a one- and/or a two-sided thermal transfer ribbon.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2007Publication date: January 15, 2009Inventors: Timothy W. Rawlings, Matthew A. McLaughlin, Jeffery S. Denton, Richard D. Puckett, Yaoping A. Tan, Paul C. Blank, Michael J. VanDemark
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Patent number: 6989180Abstract: Thermal transfer ribbons which employ a reflective sensor marker of a small size for detecting the end of the ribbon and also thermal transfer ribbons which employ a reflective sensor marker and a transparent sensor marker for detecting the end of the ribbon.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2003Date of Patent: January 24, 2006Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: Mark E. Keeton, Thomas J. Obringer, Richard D. Puckett, Jeffery S. Denton
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Patent number: 6609678Abstract: A core includes a tubular body for supporting a wound sheet roll on a spindle. The body includes an annular outer surface for receiving the sheet roll, and an annular inner surface defining a bore for receiving the spindle. A plurality of ribs project inwardly from the body inner surface and extend axially between opposite first and second openings for nesting in the corresponding slots in the spindle. Each of the ribs includes a beveled fork for frictionally engaging a corresponding one of the spindle slots to frictionally retain the core axially thereon.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2003Date of Patent: August 26, 2003Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: James M. Seybold, Richard D. Puckett
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Patent number: 6609677Abstract: A core includes a tubular body for supporting a wound sheet roll on a spindle. The body includes an annular outer surface for receiving the sheet roll, and an annular inner surface defining a bore for receiving the spindle. A plurality of ribs project inwardly from the body inner surface and extend axially between opposite first and second openings for nesting in the corresponding slots in the spindle. Each of the ribs includes a beveled fork for frictionally engaging a corresponding one of the spindle slots to frictionally retain the core axially thereon.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2001Date of Patent: August 26, 2003Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: James M. Seybold, Richard D. Puckett
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Patent number: 6607811Abstract: There is provided by the present invention, a thermal transfer ribbon for printing directly on cartons without the use of labels and a method for using the same.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 1998Date of Patent: August 19, 2003Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: Richard D. Puckett, David J. Rainbow
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Publication number: 20030106957Abstract: A core includes a tubular body for supporting a wound sheet roll on a spindle. The body includes an annular outer surface for receiving the sheet roll, and an annular inner surface defining a bore for receiving the spindle. A plurality of ribs project inwardly from the body inner surface and extend axially between opposite first and second openings for nesting in the corresponding slots in the spindle. Each of the ribs includes a beveled fork for frictionally engaging a corresponding one of the spindle slots to frictionally retain the core axially thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2003Publication date: June 12, 2003Applicant: NCR CorporationInventors: James M. Seybold, Richard D. Puckett
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Publication number: 20030080238Abstract: A core includes a tubular body for supporting a wound sheet roll on a spindle. The body includes an annular outer surface for receiving the sheet roll, and an annular inner surface defining a bore for receiving the spindle. A plurality of ribs project inwardly from the body inner surface and extend axially between opposite first and second openings for nesting in the corresponding slots in the spindle. Each of the ribs includes a beveled fork for frictionally engaging a corresponding one of the spindle slots to frictionally retain the core axially thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2001Publication date: May 1, 2003Applicant: NCR CorporationInventors: James M. Seybold, Richard D. Puckett