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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:
Jul. 14, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eiji Tukahara, Suwa, JP;
Hideki Oikawa, Suwa, JP;
Kenichi Nakajima, Suwa, JP;
Hiroshi Kuriyama, Suwa, JP;
Kenji Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Takanobu Kameda, Tokyo, JP;
Chieko Aida, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Shimmura, Tokyo, JP;
Assignees:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
King Jim Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400208 ; 400234 ; 400250 ;
Abstract
A ribbon cartridge device for electronic equipment includes a ribbon cartridge for being removably mounted in the electronic equipment. The ribbon cartridge comprises a supply reel, a take-up reel, and a path-setting member for bending a path of the ink ribbon along which the ink ribbon is routed between the supply reel and the take-up reel, each arranged within a casing. The path-setting member is capable of changing the path of the ink ribbon.