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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7699549 | Ink ribbon cartridge An ink ribbon cartridge includes spools each including a ratchet gear in one end portion. A cartridge body includes integrally formed resilient engagement pieces each including a ratchet portion that engages and disengages the ratchet gear of the respective spool an... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7436419 | Consumable cassette and recording apparatus In a consumable cassette having a recording material storage section 2 and an ink sheet storage section 1, a space 65 where a constituting component such as a supply roller 56 is to be disposed is formed in the cassette, when the cassette... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7425974 | Consumable cassette and recording apparatus In a consumable cassette detachably attached to a recording apparatus and containing a recording material and an ink sheet, a recording material storage section is constantly partially connected to an ink sheet storage section so as to be relatively displaceable in ... | 09/16/2008 |
| RE40202 | Ink ribbon cassette for thermal transfer printer A ribbon cassette 10 includes a cassette case 11 having a first accommodating portion 12, a second accommodating portion 13, and a connecting portion 14 connecting the first and second accommodating portions 12 and 13, | 04/01/2008 |
| 7223032 | Fixing element capable of rotatably fixing a ribbon roller in a ribbon cartridge A ribbon roller is fixed in a ribbon cartridge via a fixing element. The fixing element includes an accommodation means and a fastening element. The accommodation means fixes a tab of the ribbon roller, and the fastening element engages the ribbon cartridge. When tr... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7151555 | Cassette for a thermal transfer sheet A cassette 10 for a thermal transfer sheet according to the present invention includes a core holding member 11 having a take-up core holding part 12 for holding the take-up core 2 and a feeding core holding part 13 for holding the... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7139011 | Ink sheet cartridge and exchangeable ink sheet set There is provided an ink sheet cartridge, which is provided with a cartridge body, a supply-side core tube, a takeup-side core tube, and spools detachably attached to end portions of the supply-side and takeup-side core tubes, respectively, and at least one intermed... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7079167 | Ink sheet cartridge and exchangeable ink-sheet set mounted on the ink sheet cartridge An ink sheet cartridge and method of assembly for an ink sheet cartridge including a cartridge body rotatably supporting four spools. The spool includes a first rotation member having a transmission gear and a shaft member having a flange. The first rotation member ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7033093 | Film support devices, printing system, and method of handling ink film for printing A system is provided for movably supporting an ink film in a printer. The system has cylindrical supply and take-up cores for supporting and taking up the film during printing operations. The cores may be made of molded plastic resin. The ends of the cores are sized... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6905268 | Clutch mechanism with one piece plastic spool An ink ribbon cartridge has a take-up spool (130) with an opening having a plurality of drive surfaces (200) and slip surfaces (202). The take up spool is preferably of a one-piece construction. A first spindle with a cantilever member (196 | 06/14/2005 |
| 6835012 | Ribbon cassette A ribbon cassette containing a supply core, a web located on the supply core, a storage core, a device for increasing the tension on the web as it passes from said supply core to said storage core to produce a tensioned web, a drive roller contiguous with the web, a... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6702490 | Image recording apparatus A recording medium station 53 includes sheet set portions to which rolls of toner sheets 4' with cover films 6 stuck thereto and rolls of image receiving sheets 2' with cover films 6 stuck thereto are set, and cover film winding-up portions located close ... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6623192 | Ink ribbon cartridge having protrusion and recessed portion An ink ribbon cartridge includes a frame having a first side, a second side, a third side, and fourth side. The first side and the second side extend in a widthwise direction and have supporting portions. The third side and the fourth side extend between ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6543945 | Ink film with cores having different diameter shaft sections A user does not have to observe the orientation of a supply-side film core and a roll-up-side film core, when placing them into a case. Shaft sections are disposed at both ends of the supply-side film core and the roll-up-side film core made of resins. Th... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6522349 | Space saving integrated cartridge for a printer A integrated cartridge of a printer has a paper cassette for holding paper, and a two-reel ribbon cassette for positioning a printer ribbon, connected by a pair of braces. The ribbon cassette is rotatable, with respect to the paper cassette, or collapsibl... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6473109 | Ribbon cartridge structure for printing head of large color printer A ribbon cartridge structure for a printing head of a large printer, the structure has a ribbon cartridge, an external and an inner clamping piece, the ribbon cartridge is provided with an "L" shaped sheet member of which the two ends are respectively ext... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6352380 | Cassette A cassette, particularly for a printing mechanism provided with a thermal printing head, with a ribbon reel and a ribbon take-up reel, includes a housing composed of two wall portions which are spaced apart from each other, wherein the wall portions have ... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6290408 | Ribbon cassette with friction mechanism A friction mechanism exerts a frictional force on a feed pinch roller to apply a proper tensile load to an ink ribbon when the ink ribbon is fed.... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6276849 | Printer spool and spool drive cone having radially extending teeth A thermal transfer printer including a chassis having opposing side frame members. A pair of cones are each rotatably mounted to one of the opposing side frame members. At least one of the cones has a convex surface with one or more teeth formed thereon. ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6257780 | Ink ribbon cartridge having one undetachable spool and idle rotation preventing structure An ink ribbon is formed form a belt shaped sheet body, and is wound around a pair of tubes. Spools are detachably mounted at each end of the tube bodies. An ink ribbon cartridge includes side plates formed with supporting openings for supporting correspon... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6224277 | Ink ribbon with adhesive for attaching end of ribbon to supply roll Disclosed are various embodiments of packaging for a roll of a web which is attached to a take-up core. The web is arranged so that it packages the roll together with the core, ready for shipment without the need for additional packaging. The web can incl... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6195111 | Cassette casing for thermal transfer printing dye ribbon A dye ribbon cassette for thermal transfer printing comprising a casing containing bearing means having rotatably mounted thereon a cylindrical member having on its periphery a mark carrying information capable of being detected by a sensor on rotation of... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6183153 | Holder for roll-type print media, roll-type print media cassette, and printing apparatus A holder for roll-type print media and a roll-type print media cassette, for easing replacement of a roll, including a printing apparatus capable of detecting the presence of a roll-type print media. The holder and cassette include supporting means for su... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6036383 | Computer driven printer Apparatus for maintaining tension on a ribbon in a printer used for transferring an image, e.g., thermally, from a print head through the ribbon to a print medium. By maintaining ribbon tension and thus keeping the ribbon essentially without wrinkles, pri... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5835118 | Dye cartridge system and method adapted to tension a dye ribbon associated therewith A cartridge system and method adapted to tension a dye ribbon associated therewith. The cartridge system is disposed in a printer that includes an enclosure. A first spool belonging to the cartridge system is disposed in the enclosure. The first spool has... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5714996 | Thermal printer ink ribbon cassette apparatus An ink ribbon cassette apparatus which eliminates slack in an ink ribbon when the ink ribbon cassette is loaded on a printer. The ink ribbon is supplied from a supply reel and taken up on a take-up reel both supported on the cassette. A detector detects w... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5695292 | Thermal transfer ribbon cassette system A thermal transfer ribbon cassette system for use with a thermal transfer printer comprises supply and take-up spools, a thermal transfer ribbon extending between the spools with one end loaded onto the supply spool and the other onto the take-up spool, a... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5536094 | Protective ink ribbon unit holder An ink ribbon unit has supply and take-up spools which are fastened securely and locked against free rotation inexpensively and reliably in a manner not to impair the quality of an ink ribbon thereof. The supply and take-up spools are fastened securely an... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5529409 | Ribbon cartridge for a compact remote-driven encoder The encoder cartridge includes a cartridge body which is divided interiorly into upper and lower portions. A ribbon is mounted on a feed spool in the upper portion and feeds through a series of guide elements to a lower portion which includes a take-up re... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5519427 | Ink ribbon holder for thermal-transfer printer A cassette for thermal-transfer printing ribbon (2), designed to be fitted in a printer comprising a printing head (21) in front of which sheets of paper (30) are intended to pass and comprising a housing (3; 103) for accommodating a delivery spool (4; 10... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5492282 | Refillable tape cassettes of varying thicknesses with unique spool mounting structures A tape cassette capable of refilling a tape among various tapes each having width different from one another into a corresponding tape cassette, and capable of properly refilling the tape into a corresponding tape cassette without fail. In a broad width t... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5492422 | Ink ribbon cartridge An ink ribbon cartridge including a cartridge housing having a first side wall and a second side wall opposed to each other. The cartridge housing has a pair of first engaging portions on an inside surface of the first side wall. A supply spool and a take... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5471235 | Device for reading the printing done by a transfer thermal printer A recording device for recording impressions made by a transfer thermal printer, the device comprising a transfer film paid out from a roll and taken up by a drum, the roll and the drum being disposed inside a cassette having a side wall including a setba... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5455617 | Thermal printer supply having non-volatile memory A non-volatile memory is mounted on a supply for a thermal printer and includes color correction and carrier defect data which are used by the printer to make prints.... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5451996 | Multiprint ink sheet cartridge and recording apparatus capable of mounting the same An ink sheet cartridge mountable on a recording apparatus includes a frame, an ink sheet provided in the frame, a takeup reel for winding the ink sheet, a supply reel for unwinding the ink sheet, and a driving force transmission means for transmitting a d... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5418552 | Thermal transfer printer using ribbon cassette A thermal transfer printer including: a carriage 5 provided for causing reciprocatory motions along a platen 2; a thermal head 6 disposed on this carriage 5; a ribbon cassette 21 accommodating an ink ribbon 14 therein and detachably installed on the upper... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5376951 | Thermal transfer printer and ribbon cassette for use in the same A thermal transfer printer in which printing is performed by melting ink from an ink ribbon and transferring the molten ink to a printing sheet, and which is capable of erasing printed characters as desired by attaching the transferred ink to the ink ribb... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5278577 | Method of carrying out a thermal transfer printing by using a thermal transfer printer A thermal transfer printing is carried out in a printer. A cassette case housing a thermal transfer printing film is inserted into the printer and set in position. The cassette case has an outer surface provided with a plurality of marking positions to on... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5266968 | Non-volatile memory thermal printer cartridge A non-volatile memory is mounted on a cartridge for a thermal printer and includes color correction and carrier defect data which are used by the printer to make prints.... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5248208 | Method for setting ink ribbon into cassette body and ink ribbon cassette to which such method is applicable An assembly is formed of a first core and a second core on which cores an ink ribbon is wound and a supporting member detachably supporting the first and second cores so as to keep them a predetermined distance. The assembly is set into a setting hole for... | 09/28/1993 |
