GB2400818B - Apparatus for controlling a ribbon transport mechanism - Google Patents

Apparatus for controlling a ribbon transport mechanism

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Publication number
GB2400818B
GB2400818B GB0326656A GB0326656A GB2400818B GB 2400818 B GB2400818 B GB 2400818B GB 0326656 A GB0326656 A GB 0326656A GB 0326656 A GB0326656 A GB 0326656A GB 2400818 B GB2400818 B GB 2400818B
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Prior art keywords
controlling
transport mechanism
ribbon transport
ribbon
transport
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Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Fee Related
Application number
GB0326656A
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GB0326656D0 (en
GB2400818A (en
Inventor
Paul Mills
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Markem Imaje Industries Ltd
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Markem Technologies Ltd
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Application filed by Markem Technologies Ltd filed Critical Markem Technologies Ltd
Publication of GB0326656D0 publication Critical patent/GB0326656D0/en
Priority to EP04008459A priority Critical patent/EP1470926B1/en
Priority to DE602004005525T priority patent/DE602004005525T2/en
Priority to AT04008459T priority patent/ATE358023T1/en
Priority to US10/828,409 priority patent/US7052194B2/en
Publication of GB2400818A publication Critical patent/GB2400818A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2400818B publication Critical patent/GB2400818B/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J17/00—Mechanisms for manipulating page-width impression-transfer material, e.g. carbon paper
    • B41J17/36—Alarms, indicators, or feed-disabling devices responsible to material breakage or exhaustion
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J35/00—Other apparatus or arrangements associated with, or incorporated in, ink-ribbon mechanisms
    • B41J35/04—Ink-ribbon guides
    • B41J35/08—Ink-ribbon guides with tensioning arrangements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J25/00—Actions or mechanisms not otherwise provided for
    • B41J25/34—Bodily-changeable print heads or carriages
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J35/00—Other apparatus or arrangements associated with, or incorporated in, ink-ribbon mechanisms
    • B41J35/36—Alarms, indicators, or feed disabling devices responsive to ink ribbon breakage or exhaustion
GB0326656A 2003-04-22 2003-11-17 Apparatus for controlling a ribbon transport mechanism Expired - Fee Related GB2400818B (en)

Priority Applications (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP04008459A EP1470926B1 (en) 2003-04-22 2004-04-07 Apparatus for controlling a ribbon transport mechanism
DE602004005525T DE602004005525T2 (en) 2003-04-22 2004-04-07 Device for controlling a belt transport device
AT04008459T ATE358023T1 (en) 2003-04-22 2004-04-07 DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A BELT TRANSPORT DEVICE
US10/828,409 US7052194B2 (en) 2003-04-22 2004-04-20 Apparatus and method for controlling a ribbon transport mechanism

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GBGB0309039.6A GB0309039D0 (en) 2003-04-22 2003-04-22 Apparatus for controlling a ribbon transport mechanism

Publications (3)

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GB0326656D0 GB0326656D0 (en) 2003-12-17
GB2400818A GB2400818A (en) 2004-10-27
GB2400818B true GB2400818B (en) 2006-02-08

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Cited By (3)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US7682094B2 (en) 2000-09-11 2010-03-23 Zipher Limited Tape drive and printing apparatus
US8317421B2 (en) 2007-03-31 2012-11-27 Videojet Technologies (Nottingham) Limited Tape drive tension control
US8770874B2 (en) 2007-03-07 2014-07-08 Videojet Technologies (Nottingham) Limited Tape drive

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GB2449676B (en) * 2007-05-31 2009-08-26 Zipher Ltd Tape Drive
GB202216618D0 (en) * 2022-11-08 2022-12-21 Dover Europe Sarl Tape Transfer Apparatus and Method of Operation

Citations (6)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2150501A (en) * 1983-12-01 1985-07-03 Burroughs Corp Self-tensioning ribbon transport system
JPH06270486A (en) * 1993-03-17 1994-09-27 Tohoku Ricoh Co Ltd Recorder
US5529410A (en) * 1994-10-28 1996-06-25 Pitney Bowes Inc. Method and apparatus for controlling tension on a sheet material in a reel-to-reel transport system
US5873662A (en) * 1997-12-03 1999-02-23 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Printer with dancer arm and reel brake and method therefor
GB2372724A (en) * 2001-03-01 2002-09-04 Heiwa Tokei Mfg Co Ltd Mechanism for adjusting tension of an inked ribbon of a printer
EP1253018A1 (en) * 2001-04-23 2002-10-30 ZIH Corporation Ribbon drive and tensioning system for a print and apply engine or a printer

Patent Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2150501A (en) * 1983-12-01 1985-07-03 Burroughs Corp Self-tensioning ribbon transport system
JPH06270486A (en) * 1993-03-17 1994-09-27 Tohoku Ricoh Co Ltd Recorder
US5529410A (en) * 1994-10-28 1996-06-25 Pitney Bowes Inc. Method and apparatus for controlling tension on a sheet material in a reel-to-reel transport system
US5873662A (en) * 1997-12-03 1999-02-23 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Printer with dancer arm and reel brake and method therefor
GB2372724A (en) * 2001-03-01 2002-09-04 Heiwa Tokei Mfg Co Ltd Mechanism for adjusting tension of an inked ribbon of a printer
EP1253018A1 (en) * 2001-04-23 2002-10-30 ZIH Corporation Ribbon drive and tensioning system for a print and apply engine or a printer

Cited By (14)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US8221010B2 (en) 2000-09-11 2012-07-17 Zipher Limited Tape drive and printing apparatus
US7682094B2 (en) 2000-09-11 2010-03-23 Zipher Limited Tape drive and printing apparatus
US7748917B2 (en) 2000-09-11 2010-07-06 Zipher Limited Tape drive and printing apparatus
US7753605B2 (en) 2000-09-11 2010-07-13 Zipher Limited Tape drive and printing apparatus
US8007190B2 (en) 2000-09-11 2011-08-30 Zipher Limited Tape drive and printing apparatus
US8096715B2 (en) 2000-09-11 2012-01-17 Zipher Limited Tape drive and printing apparatus
US7722268B2 (en) 2000-09-11 2010-05-25 Zipher Limited Tape drive and printing apparatus
US8221009B2 (en) 2000-09-11 2012-07-17 Zipher Limited Tape drive and printing apparatus
US8591127B2 (en) 2000-09-11 2013-11-26 Videojet Technologies (Nottingham) Limited Tape drive and printing apparatus
US8328441B2 (en) 2000-09-11 2012-12-11 Videojet Technologies (Nottingham) Limited Tape drive and printing apparatus
US9233553B2 (en) 2000-09-11 2016-01-12 Videojet Technologies (Nottingham) Limited Tape drive and printing apparatus
US8770874B2 (en) 2007-03-07 2014-07-08 Videojet Technologies (Nottingham) Limited Tape drive
US8961045B2 (en) 2007-03-07 2015-02-24 Videojet Technologies (Nottingham) Limited Tape drive
US8317421B2 (en) 2007-03-31 2012-11-27 Videojet Technologies (Nottingham) Limited Tape drive tension control

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GB0326656D0 (en) 2003-12-17
GB2400818A (en) 2004-10-27

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