Thermal ribbon cassette having adjustable guide posts

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1992-12-21

1995-02-21

Burr, Edgar S.

Typewriting machines

Including interposed inking device for record-medium

Package for ribbon facilitating mounting of ribbon on...

400207, 400211, B41J 3528

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053910079

ABSTRACT:
An improved thermal ribbon cassette is detachably mounting to a thermal printing postage meter. The thermal ribbon cassette has an opening, a plurality of posts. Some of which posts are located to each side of the opening, a take-up spool and a supply spool rotatively mounted in the housing, and a thermal ink transfer ribbon supply wrapped around the supply spool and extending to the take-up spool threaded from and between the post and extending through the opening. The opening is located to receive a thermal print head therein such that the transfer ribbon traverses below the print element of the thermal print head. Slots are formed in the respective forward and rear wall, a first post to the take-up side of the aperture is positionably mounted in the slots such that the angle downstream of the opening may be selectively changed.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5033888 (1991-07-01), Okumura et al.
patent: 5165806 (1992-11-01), Collins
patent: 5186553 (1993-02-01), Sugiura et al.

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