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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:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2007
Applicant:
Minoru Tanabe, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventor:
Minoru Tanabe, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 17/32 (2006.01); B41J 32/00 (2006.01); B41J 13/00 (2006.01); B65H 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An integrated ink-and-paper cassette () mountable to a thermal transfer printer includes a casing () defining an ink-sheet supply unit housing () and an ink-sheet take-up unit housing () with an opening () provided therebetween for feeding a recording sheet (). An engagement unit () is provided at a surface of the casing () substantially perpendicular to an axis of a first bobbin (), for engaging an engagement portion () of the printer to prevent deformation of the cassette () when the cassette () is mounted to the printer.