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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:
Sep. 20, 1983
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1980
Samuel Y Hanna, Nashua, NH (US);
Centronics Data Computer Corp., Hudson, NH (US);
Abstract
A lightweight, inexpensive and yet highly reliable, fully self-contained cartridge for inked ribbons having a drive assembly which 'stuffs' the inked ribbon into the ribbon storage region in a full-fan-fold fashion. The storage region is substantially U-shaped and the size of the storage region, coupled with the full-fan-fold configuration of the ribbon provides a significant increased ribbon packing density. The U-shaped storage region substantially surrounds and embraces the print head, making efficient use of the central region of the cartridge. The outfeed end of the ribbon storage region is provided with a pair of posts and terminating projections which are spaced relative to one another so as to accommodate ribbon folds in the spaced regions as the ribbon is being fed to enable the ribbon to be moved across the printing location in a smooth manner. Drive means are provided to assure that the portion of the ribbon being 'stuffed' into the storage region retains the full-fan-fold arrangement.