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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. 19, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1994
Ikutaro Inoue, Takizawa, JP;
Yuki Ohishi, Tamayama, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ink ribbon cassette for use in a thermal transfer printer, the ink ribbon cassette including an opening and containing an ink ribbon wound on a draw-out reel and a windup reel and having a portion exposed through the opening. The ink ribbon cassette includes ribbon feed rollers, the ribbon feed rollers contacting the ink ribbon between the draw-out reel and the opening and between the windup reel and the opening. The ribbon feed rollers include keyed central passages for receiving driving shafts located on a mounting carriage of the thermal transfer printer, and the ribbon feed rollers have high friction surfaces for providing constant tension to the ink ribbon portion located at the opening in the ink ribbon cassette.