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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1998
Filed:
May. 09, 1996
Kazunosuke Makino, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Other;
Abstract
An ink roller device which permits easy and smooth removal and installation of an ink roller without soiling hands and which also ensures a prolonged service life of the ink roller, and a numbering machine which is equipped with the ink roller device. The numbering machine is equipped with a numbering main body comprised of a frame, a character wheel unit which is incorporated in the main body so that it is allowed to move up and down between a printing position and a home position thereof, an operating means equipped with an operating knob which enables the character wheel unit to be depressed against the spring force of a resetting spring, a swinging arm mechanism which is provided on the numbering main body and which can be swung as the operating knob is depressed, and a cassette-type ink roller device which is detachably held at the bottom of the swinging arm mechanism. The ink roller device has an ink roller which is detachably mounted on a roller holding frame; the ink roller rolls to contact the printing surfaces of the printing elements constructing the character wheel unit so as to apply ink to the printing surfaces.