ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,950, issued on April 21, was assigned to HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LP (Spring, Texas).
"Media web tensioning" was invented by Albert Franco Morera (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain), Alberto Arredondo Rosales (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain), Cara Ellen Birschbach (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain) and Fernando Rey Arrieta (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system (300) is provided having a printer (4) to print ink onto a web (6) of media (8). The system (300) has a winding roller (10) on which to roll the web (6) of media (8) after printing. A tensioner (12) to vary the tension in a portion (14) of the w...