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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:
Apr. 08, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshikane Matsumoto, Hitachinaka, JP;
Toshio Hiki, Hitachinaka, JP;
Shingo Nakahara, Hitachinaka, JP;
Kohichi Yageta, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Kurosawa, Hitachinaka, JP;
Kohki Kushima, Hitachinaka, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400208 ; 4001961 ; 400195 ;
Abstract
A printer and ribbon cassette with gears for transmitting power from the drive motor of the printer to the ribbon cassette. Guides are provided for guiding the ribbon cassette in a direction perpendicular to the rotational axis of the gears, so that the ribbon cassette slides easily into place and the gears engage easily, but the gears are tightly engaged.