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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:
Apr. 18, 1989
Filed:
May. 26, 1988
Seiji Hanaoka, Suwa, JP;
Masahiro Minowa, Suwa, JP;
Masataka Okamura, Kounosu, JP;
Masao Masumura, Kumagaya, JP;
Tooru Iwasa, Kumagaya, JP;
Noboru Watanabe, Kumagaya, JP;
Shoichi Mitsugi, Kumagaya, JP;
Norimichi Miyazawa, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Jeco Company Limited, Gyoda, JP;
Abstract
A carriage mechanism for a printer comprises an ink ribbon take-up mechanism for taking up an ink ribbon, a head moving mechanism for moving a printing head which is provided on a carriage between a printing position where the printing head can carry out a printing operation by transferring ink coated on the ink ribbon on a recording paper and a non-printing position where the printing head does not carry out the printing operation, and a single driving source for selectively driving the ink ribbon take-up mechanism and the head moving mechanism.
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