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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367728 | Ink ribbon cartridge having shaft connecting members An ink ribbon cartridge including a cartridge frame, take-up shaft connecting members, and supply shaft connecting members is provided. The take-up shaft connecting members support and rotatably connect ends of a take-up shaft to the cartridge frame and the supply s... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367727 | Ink sheet cartridge having paper guide An ink sheet cartridge includes a cartridge body. The cartridge body has a pair of side plates, a partitioning plate, and a cover segment together defining a frame shape with an central open space. When the ink sheet cartridge is accommodated to a facsimile device, ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7264412 | Printer An ink switching cam (40) is rotated interlockingly with forward/reverse rotation of a head driving motor at all times to swing a cassette support member (20). Accordingly, ink belts can be switched with a simple construction without using a solenoid o... | 09/04/2007 |
| 6494631 | Printer with ribbon fold out mechanism A ribbon mechanism mounted in the lid of a printer includes a ribbon carriage pivotally coupled to the lid for folding out of the lid by virtue of its mass when the lid is open and for folding in the lid as the lid is closed. A gear train is mounted on th... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6168328 | Thermal transfer printer with a plurality of cassette holder plates According to the thermal transfer printer, a plurality of cassette holder plates each for holding ribbon cassettes stacked in plural stages are arranged side by side on a holding cover on the side opposed to a carriage, a fixed holding arm for holding the... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6018356 | Printing apparatus and autocharger thereof An autochanger which can continuously operate a video printing apparatus without having recourse to intervention by an operator which includes a paper feed tray for containing a plurality of recording media and/or an ink ribbon cartridge are loaded in the... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6000868 | Printer system with automatic ink ribbon cassette exchange function A printer system includes an ink ribbon end detector for detecting that the ink ribbon cassette has been used to the end; an used ink ribbon cassette holding position memory device for storing therein information indicative of holding position of a used i... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5895157 | Printing apparatus and autochanger thereof An autochanger which can continuously operate a video printing apparatus without having recourse to intervention by an operator which includes a paper feed tray for containing a plurality of recording media and/or an ink ribbon cartridge are loaded in the... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5863138 | Printer system with automatic ink ribbon cassette exchange function A printer system includes an ink ribbon end detector for detecting that the ink ribbon cassette has been used to the end; an used ink ribbon cassette holding position memory device for storing therein information indicative of holding position of a used i... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5777652 | Thermal transfer printer A thermal transfer printer wherein a desired ribbon cassette is identified and selected from among plural ribbon cassettes held by a cassette holding portion and is loaded automatically onto a cassette carrier disposed on a carriage. The carriage is provi... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5733053 | Thermal transfer printing apparatus A thermal transfer printing apparatus has an improved ink sheet interchanging device. A fusion type or sublimation type thermal transfer printing using a combination of many kinds of ink sheets can be carried out by a single printing apparatus. A desired ... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5690439 | Thermal transfer printing apparatus A thermal transfer printing apparatus has an improved ink sheet interchanging device. A fusion type or sublimation type thermal transfer printing using a combination of many kinds of ink sheets can be carried out by a single printing apparatus. A desired ... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5267802 | Ribbon cassette storage and transfer apparatus for a printer Apparatus is disclosed for use with printers (or plotters) for storing and transferring ink-containing ribbon cassettes between a print head and a storage location. The printers (or plotters) are of the type which include a print head that is not as wide ... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5201593 | Printing apparatus with multiple ribbon cassettes A printing apparatus has a driving motor being rotatable in the forward and backward directions, a first gear for receiving the torque of the motor, a swaying arm secured to an end of the first gear, a printing unit including a plurality of ribbon cassett... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5030969 | Ribbon charging mechanism in a multicolor thermal transfer printer Several pairs of ink sheet reels are mounted on an ink sheet stock assembly. The supporting axis of a sheet take-up reel of a pair of ink sheet reels is grasped by an axis clutch of a sheet transfer assembly, and the sheet transfer assembly is placed at t... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4898484 | Thermal transfer printer A thermal printer including a thermal printer and a thermal head wherein a clearance between the platen and the thermal head is not less than a maximum diameter of one roll of an ink filled ribbon set by a thermal head driving motor. A ribbon cassette is ... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4809018 | Thermal transfer printer A thermal transfer printer has a platen and a thermal head between which are pinched a transfer paper sheet and an ink film, so that the ink is transferred from the ink film to the transfer paper sheet as heat is applied to the transfer paper sheet by the... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4622563 | Printing apparatus with multiple ribbon cassettes holder In a printing apparatus which is loaded with a transfer member including a color agent to be transferred to a sheet and which transfers the color agent to the sheet in accordance with a pattern to form an image on the sheet, a cassette holding section is ... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4569608 | Printing apparatus with automatically interchangeable ribbon cartridges In a printing apparatus which is loaded with a transfer member including a color agent and transfers the color agent to a sheet in accordance with a pattern, thereby forming an image on the sheet, a housing has a transferring function. The housing include... | 02/11/1986 |
