Alps Electric Co., Ltd.

Hitoshi Funaki

Mitsuo Tsushima

Eihin Setsu

Hideaki Noda

Naoyoshi Sainokami

Zenko Motoki

Minoru Sato

Hideki Yorozu

Yuusai Ishitobi

Keigo Wakana

A printer includes printing unit provided on a conveying path of a recording sheet and sheet feed unit provided on the downstream and upstream sides of the printing unit in a conveying direction of a recording sheet. The printer includes a platen roller, a first sheet feed roller, a second sheet feed roller, a first branch transmission gear group, a second branch transmission gear group, and thrust amount adjusting unit. A tooth trace of one of the gears of each of the first and second branch transmission gear groups has an inclination angle with respect to an axial direction, and the first and second branch transmission gear groups are formed of first and second idler gears including inclined gear portions of which inclined directions of tooth traces are the same as each other.

Printer and method of adjusting conveying distance of recording sheet

A ribbon cassetteincludes a cassette casehaving a first accommodating portiona second accommodating portionand a connecting portionconnecting the first and second accommodating portionsanda feeding coreand a take-up corerotatably accommodated respectively in the first and second accommodating portionsandand an ink ribbon R having a large width which can be fed from the feeding coreand taken up by the take-up corethrough a connecting memberwherein there is provided in the first accommodating portionin the vicinity of the connecting membera shaftextending along the direction of the width of the ink ribbon R, wherein there is provided in the connecting memberan edge portiona of a wall portionopposed to the shaftand wherein the ink ribbon R fed out from the feeding coreis bent at the shaftand then bent in the opposite direction by the edge portiona before it is taken up by the take-up corewhereby it is possible to provide an ink ribbon cassette in which it is possible to achieve an overall reduction in size and in which the ink ribbon can be fed in a stable manner.

Ink ribbon cassette for thermal transfer printer

A ribbon cassette includes a cassette case having a first accommodating portion a second accommodating portion and a connecting portion connecting the first and second accommodating portions and a feeding core and a take-up core rotatably accommodated respectively in the first and second accommodating portions and and an ink ribbon R having a large width which can be fed from the feeding core and taken up by the take-up core through a connecting member wherein there is provided in the first accommodating portion in the vicinity of the connecting member a shaft extending along the direction of the width of the ink ribbon R, wherein there is provided in the connecting member an edge portion of a wall portion opposed to the shaft and wherein the ink ribbon R fed out from the feeding core is bent at the shaft and then bent in the opposite direction by the edge portion before it is taken up by the take-up core whereby it is possible to provide an ink ribbon cassette in which it is possible to achieve an overall reduction in size and in which the ink ribbon can be fed in a stable manner.

Cartridge with ink ribbon

A printer including, from an upstream side to a downstream side in a sheet feeding direction, a sheet feed mechanism, a carriage, a curl straightening device, and a sheet discharge mechanism. A curl straightening head of the curl straightening device is resilient. The carriage and the curl straightening device are driven by a same drive source. The printer is a cheap printer which can allow reliable straightening of curled recorded sheet, even when sheets of different thicknesses are used, and which can reliably discharge the sheet out the printer.

Printer with sheet curl straightening device

A computer including a body case housing a display, an outer member formed of an impact-resistant material integrally formed on the outside surface of the body case, and an outwardly-projecting cushioning portion formed at each corner of the outside member. Each of the cushioning portions has a first protective portion extending outwardly from the body case, and a second protective portion projecting curvilinearly with respect to the first protective portion and extending onto a surface or a back side of the body case. The cushioning portions are formed of an elastic material. Further, vent holes are formed in the body case which are sealed with a porous film which is permeable to gas but not permeable to water. The vent holes provide an escape path for gas produced by a battery, such as a nickel-hydrogen battery, in the event that the battery explodes within the body case.

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Fukushima-ken, Japan

Hitoshi Funaki