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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:
Aug. 08, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 02, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Data Recording Instrument Company Limited, Staines, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29434 ; 4001961 ; 400208 ; 4002161 ; 4002404 ;
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a cartridge selectively for multicolor and single color ribbons is disclosed in which the cartridge body is formed with a projection to co-act with a ribbon shift mechanism on a printer to continuously shift a single color ribbon. When the cartridge is loaded with a multi-color ribbon, the projection is broken away and a selectively operable ribbon shift cam mechanism is mounted in the cartridge.