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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. 03, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 20, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kanagawa, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400248 ; 4002481 ;
Abstract
A printer having ribbon mask opening mechanism is provided with a carriage, a print head, and a printing ribbon. The printer includes a ribbon mask pivotable about a shaft parallel to a feeding direction of the printing ribbon between a closed condition and an open condition of the ribbon mask, a device for biasing the ribbon mask in its closing direction, and a mechanism for opening the ribbon mask against a biasing force of the biasing device. The ribbon mask opening mechanism in the printer allows an operator to smoothly replace the printing ribbon and also allows the operator to easily set the printing ribbon in a proper position.