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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1992
Yoshinobu Masumura, Amagasaki, JP;
Takayasu Hongo, Kobe, JP;
Kanzaki Paper Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transfer ribbon cassette including a cassette case rotatably supporting first and second reels of the same shape disposed in the same plane, wherein ribbon exposing openings are formed, in the opposite sides of the cassette, parallel with the common side tangents to the cylindrical surfaces of the two reels, the cassette case and cassette interior being of symmetrical construction with respect to an axis parallel with and intermediate between the reel axes; and wherein a thermal transfer ribbon is wound on one of the first and second reels using as the delivery side at first, the delivery end of the ribbon being secured to the other reel in an S-shaped pattern so that the ribbon can be taken up.