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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1990
Mitsuo Uchimura, Shizuoka, JP;
Seiji Koike, Shizuoka, JP;
Osamu Koizumi, Shizuoka, JP;
Takeshi Tashiro, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazuhiro Fushimi, Shizuoka, JP;
Ikuzo Sugiura, Kanagawa, JP;
Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to the present invention, a shaft cover is attached to the front end portion of a ribbon guide shaft projecting in a cantilevered state from a side face of a printer body; cores of an ink ribbon are fitted respectively on a ribbon feed shaft and a ribbon take-up shaft both projecting in a cantilevered state from the said side face of the printer body; the ink ribbon is passed round the outer periphery of the shaft cover; then the cores and the shaft cover are pushed in simultaneously to set the ink ribbon in a predetermined certain position.