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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2010
Kazuyoshi Murata, Kanagawa, JP;
Noboru Koyama, Tokyo, JP;
Shingo Hitose, Saitama, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ink ribbon cartridge includes: a supply spool which has at one end portion a driving hole, with which a driving shaft of a printer apparatus is engaged; a winding spool which has at one end portion a driving hole, with which the driving shaft of the printer apparatus is engaged; and a cartridge main body which has a supply-side ribbon housing section, a winding-side ribbon housing section, and a thermal head entry opening portion formed between the supply-side and winding-side ribbon housing sections, and in which opening portions for the ribbon are formed on the head entry opening portion sides of the supply-side and winding-side ribbon housing sections, wherein in the cartridge main body, a concave guide portion is formed, and on a bottom face of the concave guide portion, a projection portion, which comes into contact with a guide portion of the printer apparatus side, is formed.