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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. 05, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1988
Yoshiyuki Yasumi, Iwate, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A ribbon selecting mechanism for use with a printer comprising a ribbon cassette table on which a ribbon cassette for housing a ribbon is mounted opposite to a platen, said ribbon having plural color tracks formed thereon in the width direction thereof, a carriage movable along the platen, support arms each pivoted on the ribbon cassette table and the carriage at the upper and lower ends thereof to support the ribbon cassette table above the carriage, a drive mechanism having a drive plate to move the ribbon cassette table in the width direction of the ribbon, and a detent mechanism for stopping the drive plate at any of plural positions to oppose one of the plural color tracks to the platen.
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