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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1988
Naohiro Ozawa, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Shimizu, Yokohama, JP;
Toshihiko Gotoh, Tokyo, JP;
Kentaro Hamma, Yokohama, JP;
Seizi Okunomiya, Katsuta, JP;
Takeshi Nomura, Yokohama, JP;
Mikio Shiraishi, Yokohama, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An inked sheet cassette suitable for use in printer such as a multi-color thermal transfer-type printer. The cassette has a cassette case encasing an inked sheet constituted by a thin web-like film or paper sheet with at least one type of ink applied thereto, and a pair of reels disposed in the cassette case and constituting a supply reel and a take-up reel on which are wound the respective ends of the inked sheet. The cassette has a window provided at least in one of a portion of said cassette case adjacent to the supply reel and portion adjacent to said take-up reel so as to enable the user to visually check the diameter of the roll of the inked sheet on the reel adjacent to said window. Disclosed also is a printer suitable for use in combination with this cassette.