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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1986
Hiroshi Kikuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuki Obara, Tokyo, JP;
Kuniharu Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Masanori Maekawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yukio Ota, Tokyo, JP;
Shyoichi Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A carriage mechanism of a printer includes a carriage frame, a printed circuit board mounted on the carriage frame and having an exposed wiring portion and a plurality portion of guide holes, and a cable having at one end thereof an exposed wiring portion to be electrically connected to the exposed wiring portion of the printed circuit board. An inked ribbon feed mechanism has guide projections to be inserted into the guide holes and a plurality of elastic hooks for fastening to the carriage frame. A cable fixing mechanism includes a flexible film member to be superimposed over the end of the flexible cable and fixed thereto. One end of the flexible film member is shaped as the end of the flexible cable and the other end of the flexible film member is progressively narrower and projects toward a folded portion of the flexible cable.