Seiko Precision Inc.

Koji Ehara

Kenji Ozawa

Time recorder

Mechanism for time recorder

The ribbon winding unit is equipped with a first moving gear, a second moving gear, a first intermediate gear, a tumbler gear, and a winding member. The first intermediate gear engages with the first moving gear when the first moving gear and the second moving gear move in a given direction, and disengages from the first moving gear when the first moving gear and the second moving gear move in an opposite direction. The tumbler gear engages with the first intermediate gear, engages with the second moving gear when the first moving gear and the second moving gear move in the opposite direction, and disengages from the second moving gear when the first moving gear and the second moving gear move in the given direction.

Printing apparatus with ribbon winding unit having first and second moveable gears

A time clock, capable of outputting a datum to an USB memoryconnected thereto, includes a controller authenticating whether or not the USB memoryis valid an external apparatus as an output destination to which the datum is output, and determining whether or not the datum is output on the basis of the authentication result. Further, the controllerauthenticates an external apparatus on the basis of an authentication datum stored in the USB memory. The controllerperforms the authentication on the basis of an identification datum of the time clock and an identification datum included in the authentication datum stored in the external apparatus.

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Narashino, Japan

Koji Ehara