Ribbon cassette with guide member

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1996-09-27

1998-01-20

Burr, Edgar S.

Typewriting machines

Including interposed inking device for record-medium

Package for ribbon facilitating mounting of ribbon on...

400207, 400696, B41J 1160

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057094870

ABSTRACT:
A printer is provided with a platen having a sloping plane platen surface, a medium guide path for smoothly guiding paper along the plane including the platen surface, a transparent open/close paper guide positioned above the medium guide path, and two pairs of drive rollers and driven rollers arranged along the platen, with one pair of drive roller and driven roller being disposed in an upstream direction and the other pair of drive roller and driven roller being disposed in a downstream direction with respect to the platen and the paper print movement. The printer is further provided with a ribbon cassette which makes it possible to position a linear portion of an ink ribbon in parallel to the platen surface, a mechanism for switching the linear portion of the ink ribbon between a printable position and a nonprintable position, and a mechanism for attaching a ribbon cassette to a carriage while moving it in a downwardly forward direction.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3788442 (1974-01-01), Lehnhardt, Jr. et al.
patent: 3927746 (1975-12-01), Wolowitz
patent: 3997046 (1976-12-01), Wolowitz
patent: 4915546 (1990-04-01), Kobayashin et al.

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