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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:
Feb. 27, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroshi Kobayashi, Tamayama, JP;
Ikuo Hibino, Takizawa, JP;
Takahito Maruyama, Morioka, JP;
Fumihisa Hori, Takizawa, JP;
Tadashi Nakamura, Morioka, JP;
Takanobu Matsuura, Morioka, JP;
Chikashi Ohsakama, Iwate, JP;
Assignee:
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400208 ; 400207 ; 242344 ; 242357 ;
Abstract
A ribbon cassette of which the type of ink ribbon accommodated in the ribbon cassette may be identified by diagonally-arranged detection switches arranged on the carriage of a thermal transfer printer, without using a plurality of types of ribbon cassette case which are different in shape.