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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:
Feb. 19, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas S. Mason, Canton, OH (US);
Tuyen Van Pham, Lexington, KY (US);
Assignee:
Diebold, Incorporated, North Canton, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/528 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/528 ;
Abstract
A printer apparatus ( ) includes a removable print ribbon cartridge ( ). The print cartridge includes a ribbon ( ) which is movable by a transmission mechanism ( ). A ribbon drive member ( ) in said transmission mechanism includes frangible tabs ( ). The frangible tabs break responsive to encountering a resistance to movement of said ribbon above a predetermined level.