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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2006
Gen Kitamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Hitoshi Nishitani, Ohta-ku, JP;
Kenji Ito, Yokohama, JP;
Hideki Kawashima, Yokohama, JP;
Gen Kitamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Hitoshi Nishitani, Ohta-ku, JP;
Kenji Ito, Yokohama, JP;
Hideki Kawashima, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention easily provides a compact recording apparatus including a paper chamber capable of containing paper and a ribbon chamber containing an ink ribbon in a manner such that the ink ribbon on a supply shaft can be taken up onto a take-up shaft, by utilizing the dead spaces in the paper chamber and the ribbon chamber. The distance between the paper chamber and the rotation center of the take-up shaft is larger than the radius of a ribbon take-up portion of the take-up shaft and is smaller than the radius of a fully taken up roll of the ink ribbon.