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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2008
Tsuyoshi Kubota, Kai, JP;
Toshiro Fujimoto, Minami-alps, JP;
Tsuyoshi Kubota, Kai, JP;
Toshiro Fujimoto, Minami-alps, JP;
Nisca Corporation, Minamikoma-Gun, Yamanashi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A cartridge detachably attached to a printer apparatus includes a casing, an ink ribbon provided in the casing, a supply spool provided in the casing for supplying the ink ribbon, and a take-up spool provided in the casing for retrieving the ink ribbon. The printer apparatus includes a locking member rotatably supported on the printer apparatus and locking the cartridge to the printer apparatus, a detection device for detecting an installation of the cartridge by detecting a locked state of the locking member, a locking portion for locking the locking member when the cartridge is installed in the printer apparatus, and a guide forcefully and rotatingly displacing the locking member from a locking position when the cartridge is pulled out from the printer apparatus.