Tape cassette having means for adjusting a tape segment length f

Details Tape cassette having means for adjusting a tape segment length f Tape cassette having means for adjusting a tape segment length f

1981-12-11

1984-03-20

Wright, Jr., Ernest T.

Typewriting machines

Including interposed inking device for record-medium

Package for ribbon facilitating mounting of ribbon on...

400234, 400248, B41J 3314

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044377789

ABSTRACT:
A tape cassette for use with a thermal printing apparatus includes a cassette housing; supply and take-up reels rotatably mounted in the cassette housing; tape having a pigment thereon wound about the supply and take-up reels and having a segment extending between the reels, the length of the segment being adjustable; a hollow projecting portion extending from the cassette housing and having a free end at which a first guide pin is connected; a second guide pin moveably mounted, in a sliding or pivotal relation, with respect to the cassette housing for guiding the segment of tape; and optionally, a tape drawing member to which the second guide pin may be connected and which is moveable with respect to the cassette housing for adjusting the length of the segment of tape.

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IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, "Carrier Driven Ribbon Feed for Typewriter", Dials et al., vol. 22, No. 12, May 1980, p. 5397.

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