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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Junichi Yamamoto, Hadano, JP;
Chiharu Imaseki, Yokohama, JP;
Hideaki Shimizu, Inagi, JP;
Atsuhiko Shimoyama, Machida, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400234 ; 400208 ; 400246 ; 400218 ;
Abstract
An ink film cassette which is detachably attached to a thermal transfer recording device, the ink film cassette having a supply reel winding an ink film therearound, a take-up reel which rolls up the ink film fed out from the supply reel and a torque limiter which is provided between the supply reel and a frame of the body of the thermal transfer recording device so as to apply torque to the supply reel.