Victor John Italiano, 804406 Swamp College Rd, Trumansburg, NY 14886

6476838, Nov 5, 2002

Sep 3, 1999

09/390390

Victor John Italiano - Glenmoore PA

Oki Data America, Inc. - Mt. Laurel NJ

B41J 237

347192, 347211

A control circuit for improving the rate of heat input to a thermal print head of a thermal printing apparatus includes a switch which is operably linked to a power source and to the print head of the thermal printing apparatus to provide a control pulse sequence to the print head. The control pulse sequence includes a first pulse and a second pulse. A control circuit timer is provided for operating the switch at the end of the first pulse to provide a second pulse. The first pulse has a first electrical potential and is applied to the print head for a first duration to heat the print head to the desired temperature for activating the print mode. The second pulse has a second electrical potential lower than the electrical potential of the first pulse and is of a second duration for maintaining the printing temperature of the printing head. The control pulse sequence provides an improved rate of heat input to the print head by decreasing the time required for the print head to attain the predetermined printing temperature and maintains this temperature for the duration of the second pulse.

3990564, Nov 9, 1976

Jun 25, 1975

5/590184

Leslie L. Crump - Trumansburg NY
Alexander J. Rakowski - Ithaca NY
Victor J. Italiano - Trumansburg NY

NCR Corporation - Dayton OH

B41J 3304
B41J 3320

197151

A pair of compensating wheels are carried by a print head carriage in position to ride on record media being printed and are rotatably driven by frictional contact therewith, the wheels having overriding clutches associated with their respective shafts to permit driving of one shaft and its gear in alternate manner with the other shaft and its gear. The respective driving gear engages with a driven gear on a third shaft for rotation thereof and thereby drives the ribbon in one direction. Upon return of the print head carriage in the opposite direction, the action of the overriding clutches is reversed to permit driving of the other shaft while the first shaft and its wheel are free wheeling. Regardless of the direction of travel of the print head carriage, the ribbon drive shaft is rotated in the same direction.

4287523, Sep 1, 1981

Feb 19, 1980

6/122106

Jacob E. Thomas - Ithaca NY
Victor J. Italiano - Ithaca NY

NCR Corporation - Dayton OH

G01D 1516

346140R

A rotary ink jet printer has an ink supply in a rotating reservoir wherein a major portion of the ink supply is isolated from the ink feed system during the printing operation. A cylindrical reservoir has a central cavity and a surrounding or outer cavity connected by an orifice opened and closed by means of a ball valve to control the flow of ink or ink supply from the central cavity to the outer cavity.

4137513, Jan 30, 1979

Oct 27, 1977

5/846082

John W. Reece - Sunnyvale CA
Victor J. Italiano - Ithaca NY
Leslie L. Crump - Trumansburg NY

NCR Corporation - Dayton OH

H01F 716

335219

A matrix print wire solenoid has a small diameter print wire which wire is propelled against printing paper and inking ribbon by the linear motion of the solenoid plunger, to which the print wire is attached, in an improved impact printer having a plurality of solenoids positioned in a row for use in dot matrix printing. The solenoid features a low cost construction, a reduction in size, and increased operating speed, and has pole pieces which are separated by an inner gap and which pieces are aligned with a coil bobbin which provides a guide surface for the armature plunger. The space between the plunger and a forward bushing or spacer is occupied by a coil spring which has one end seated over a portion of the armature and the other end seated against the face of the bushing. The coil bobbin defines an air gap between one pole piece and the armature.

4441830, Apr 10, 1984

Mar 29, 1982

6/363361

Victor J. Italiano - Ithaca NY

NCR Corporation - Dayton OH

B41J 312

400124

A dot matrix print actuator of low cost and compact rectangular design is constructed of flat, mild steel stock. An armature is engageable with a spring loaded print wire which is guided through a passageway in the poles of the actuator which are on either side of a bobbin containing coil.

4027765, Jun 7, 1977

Jul 31, 1975

5/600699

Leslie L. Crump - Trumansburg NY
Victor J. Italiano - Trumansburg NY

NCR Corporation - Dayton OH

B41J 1500

197133R

A plurality of printing stations are spaced across a machine wherein a feed or drive assembly for paper or like record media is associated with each station, each of the feed or drive assemblies being self-contained and of modular construction to enable positioning of an assembly in any desired location along a drive shaft. One drive mechanism includes a clutch member and associated drive gears and rollers to incrementally advance receipt paper in one direction, a second drive mechanism includes the clutch member and additional drive gears and rollers to advance journal paper in said one direction for rewinding and storage thereof in the machine, and a third drive mechanism includes the clutch member and further drive gears and rollers to advance slip or form paper in the opposite direction.

4323907, Apr 6, 1982

Jan 2, 1980

6/108984

Victor J. Italiano - Ithaca NY

NCR Corporation - Dayton OH

G01D 1518

346140R

A valve member is positioned in an ink cavity carried by a bidirectionally movable print head and is operable to open and close the inlet and the outlet of the cavity to minimize fluctuations of the ink due to acceleration and deceleration of the print head.

6021299, Feb 1, 2000

May 27, 1999

9/321055

E. Michael Hansburg - Wayne PA
Victor Italiano - Glenmoore PA

Oki Data America, Inc. - Mt. Laurel NJ

G03G 1508

399284

A blade for metering toner on a developing roller of an electrophotographic printer is made of a resilient material and includes a first elongated segment, a second elongated segment which extends generally perpendicular to the first segment and a transition portion which connects the first segment and the second segment. The transition portion has a thickness and a length. The transition portion is generally tangent to a surface of the developing roller and includes a groove which is obliquely cut therein in a direction generally opposite from a direction of rotation of the developing roller. The groove forms a movable lip in the transition portion and extends generally toward the second segment a distance approximately one half the thickness of the transition portion. The lip further has a length which extends the length of the transition portion. The lip contacts toner on the surface of the developing roller proximate to the groove and is elastically displaceable by the toner with respect to the first segment by the thickness of the groove.