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Indicia recording apparatus
Assignee: Amtech Patent Licensing Corp
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Filing: 1981-07-10
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Granted: 1983-07-19
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Expires: 2001-07-10
Abstract
Abstract Apparatus for recording characters on a photographic record medium including spaced feed and takeup reels for carrying a roll of the medium. A support such as a cylinder is disposed between the reels supports the record medium. A carriage is controllably movable opposite the support and in a direction transverse to the direction of record medium movement. A recording head on the carriage has a radiation emitter device for emitting intensity modulated radiation toward the cylindrical support along a scan line which makes an angle with the direction of the transverse movement.
Inventors
- 👤 Solomon Manber
- 👤 David Chiang
- 👤 Mosi Chu
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 15:34
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06K; G06K15/00; G06K15/02; G06K15/12; G06K15/1295; G06K15/1204; G06K15/1233
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
129 words
Indicia recording apparatus comprising: a supply reel for storing a roll of record medium; a takeup reel for accumulating record medium removed from said feed reel; a supporting means intermediate said supply and takeup reels, for supporting a portion of the record medium, a carriage means controllably and repeatedly movable opposite said supporting means and in a direction transverse to the travel of the record medium, and a recording head on said carriage means, said recording head comprising radiation emitting means for emitting intensity modulated radiation toward said supporting means along a plurality of equilength scan lines, each of said scan lines being in a different plane intersecting said supporting means whereby during a single traverse of said carriage means a transverse band of the record medium is scanned.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
129 words
Indicia recording apparatus comprising: a supply reel for storing a roll of record medium; a takeup reel for accumulating record medium removed from said feed reel; a supporting means intermediate said supply and takeup reels, for supporting a portion of the record medium, a carriage means controllably and repeatedly movable opposite said supporting means and in a direction transverse to the travel of the record medium, and a recording head on said carriage means, said recording head comprising radiation emitting means for emitting intensity modulated radiation toward said supporting means along a plurality of equilength scan lines, each of said scan lines being in a different plane intersecting said supporting means whereby during a single traverse of said carriage means a transverse band of the record medium is scanned.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
The indicia recording apparatus of claim 1 wherein said radiation emitting means is at least one linear array of light emitting devices.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
The indicia recording apparatus of claim 2 further including means for focusing the light from said light emitting devices onto a surface which substantially conforms to a portion of the surface of said supporting means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
64 words
The indicia recording apparatus of claim 1 wherein said carriage means comprises drive support means, a lead screw means supported by said drive support means along an axis parallel to the axis of said supporting means and carrying said recording head, and motor means connected to said lead screw means whereby said recording head can be driven opposite the surface of the record medium.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
The indicia recording apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a record medium, said record medium being a layer of xerographic material.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
The indicia recording apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a record medium, said record medium being a photographic film.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
The indicia recording apparatus of claim 1 wherein said record medium is a roll of photographic film.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
The indicia recording apparatus of claim 7 wherein each of said reels is in a cassette means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
17 words
The indicia recording apparatus of claim 1 wherein said radiation emitting means comprises a cathode-ray tube means.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
18 words
The indicia recording apparatus of claim 9 wherein said cathode-ray tube means performs a repetitive single line scan.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
42 words
The indicia recording apparatus of claim 1 wherein said radiation emitting means comprises laser means remote from said carriage means and deflecting means on said carriage means for deflecting the radiation from said laser means toward the surface of said supporting means.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
125 words
Indicia recording apparatus comprising: a source of a record medium; an accepting means for accepting record medium removed from said source; a supporting means intermediate said source and said accepting means, for supporting a portion of the record medium, a carriage means controllably and repeatedly movable opposite said supporting means and in a direction transverse to the travel of the record medium, and a recording head on said carriage means, said recording head comprising radiation emitting means for emitting intensity modulated radiation toward said supporting means along a plurality of equilength scan lines, each of said scan lines being in a different plane intersecting said supporting means whereby during a single traverse of said carriage means a transverse band of the record medium is scanned.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
125 words
Indicia recording apparatus comprising: a source of a record medium; an accepting means for accepting record medium removed from said source; a supporting means intermediate said source and said accepting means, for supporting a portion of the record medium, a carriage means controllably and repeatedly movable opposite said supporting means and in a direction transverse to the travel of the record medium, and a recording head on said carriage means, said recording head comprising radiation emitting means for emitting intensity modulated radiation toward said supporting means along a plurality of equilength scan lines, each of said scan lines being in a different plane intersecting said supporting means whereby during a single traverse of said carriage means a transverse band of the record medium is scanned.
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