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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:
Jun. 10, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Minoru Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Orita, Tokyo, JP;
Michirou Ohishi, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyoshi Negishi, Tokyo, JP;
Katsumi Kawamura, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Toshimasa Yamanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Kitera, Tokyo, JP;
Mikio Horie, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347171 ; 347222 ;
Abstract
A thermal line printer with a page-width print head includes a page-width ink film ribbon that feeds in the same direction as paper inserted in the printer. The thermal line printer may print on ordinary untreated paper, and the ink film ribbon may be stored in a cassette.