Plural Tool Fields Patents (Class 234/42)
  • Publication number: 20040031844
    Abstract: Method and apparatus which is constituted from two parallel cylinders and a recording surface, which is unfolded by the one and is wrapped around the other cylinder, connected with a mechanism to the keyboard of piano
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2003
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventor: George Gerou
  • Patent number: 6554511
    Abstract: A printer for creating specialty-sized prints includes a printing mechanism, a cutter mechanism and a slicing mechanism. A media web or sheet is fed into the printer and is advanced by a media advancement mechanism in a media advancement direction. The cutter mechanism cuts the media transverse to the media advancement direction. The slicing mechanism slices the media parallel to the media advancement direction. The slicing mechanism includes a cam positioned on a camshaft and a slicer module. The slicer module is positioned adjacent the camshaft and includes a contact spring operatively spaced from the cam and a blade operatively spaced from the media. The media is sliced when an actuation mechanism rotates the camshaft so the cam pushes against the contact spring of the slicer module, which biases the blade against the media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Co.
    Inventors: David M Kwasny, Melissa D. Boyd, Lawrence R Plotkin, George C Ross, Emily B. Winston
  • Patent number: 5360161
    Abstract: Apparatus for cutting an advancing strip of photographic paper into prints of different size along and across the strip. The apparatus includes devices that cut perpendicular to the edges of the strip upstream of devices that cut parallel with the edges of the strip. Other devices secure the paper in position while it is being cut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1994
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schaller, Rolf Unger