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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2023
Applicant:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Sadatoshi Oishi, Fuji Shizuoka, JP;
Masakazu Kato, Numazu Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/393 (2006.01); B41J 2/325 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/393 (2013.01); B41J 2/325 (2013.01); B41J 2029/3937 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a printing apparatus includes a shaft, an antenna, and a printing section. The shaft can be inserted into a cylindrical core of an ink ribbon roll wound around the cylindrical core. The shaft permits the ink ribbon roll to rotate about the shaft. The ink ribbon roll has a wireless tag for identification purposes or the like. The antenna is provided on the shaft for data communication with the wireless tag of the ink ribbon roll. The printing section performs printing on a medium using the ink ribbon drawn out from the ink ribbon roll.