Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.

Nisca Corporation

Canon Finetech Nisca Inc.

Shogo Sasuga

Tsuyoshi Kubota

Akira Takei

Tatsuzo Aoyagi

Daisuke Kaneoya

Nobuo Murata

A lock member shifts between a lock position for locking a cassette inserted in a device body and a lock release position for releasing the lock to enable the cassette to be removed from the device body. Further, a push-out member shifts between a push-out position for coming into contact with a catch member provided in the device body and pushing out the cassette in a removing direction and a retracted position. Then, in conjunction with rotation action from a first position to a second position of a lock release member attached to the surface of the cassette to be rotatable, the lock member shifts from the lock position to the release position, and the push-out member shifts from the retracted position to the push-out position.

Cassette attachment device and cassette

Provided is a printer capable of ensuring a large peeling angle at the time of peeling between the transfer film and the ink ribbon by differentiating a conveyance direction of the transfer film at a peeling part on a proceeding passage from the proceeding direction. In the printer which forms an image on a transfer filmwhile feeding an ink ribbonand the transfer filmto a print position between a platen rollerand a thermal headwhich are mutually pressure-contacted, the transfer filmis wound to form a conveyance passage between a feeding spooland a winding spoolin a film cassettewhich is attached to a device frame in a detachably attachable manner, and a film conveying rollerand pinch rollersare arranged at positions so that the conveyance passage of the transfer filmattached to the device frame is displaced to the inside of the cassette by a predetermined amount.

Printer

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Yamanashi, Japan

Shogo Sasuga