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Title:
PRINTING EQUIPMENT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH10175344
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a cassette case formed with the least material constitution.

This equipment is an ink sheet cassette 3 used for a thermal transfer printer or the like and the cassette 3 is composed of a core 5 whereon an ink sheet 1 to be supplied is wound and of a divided type cassette case 3 which supports the core 5 with play in the circumferential direction and covers the outer periphery. The ink sheet 1 is wound on the core 5 of a single axis, while the core 5 is supported with play in the circumferential direction in relation to the cassette case 3, and thereby a single-axis structure is realized. According to this constitution, the ink sheet 1 and the cassette case 3 can be formed of the least necessitated, in comparison with a usual two-axis support structure, materials to be used are cut down sharply and the amount of waste after printing is reduced very much, which makes a contribution to environmental problems.


Inventors:
WATANABE TETSUO
HIRUMA KENJI
Application Number:
JP33956896A
Publication Date:
June 30, 1998
Filing Date:
December 19, 1996
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
RICOH KK
International Classes:
B41J17/24; B41J17/30; B41J17/32; B41J17/36; B41J33/52; (IPC1-7): B41J17/32; B41J17/24; B41J17/30; B41J17/36; B41J33/52
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Akinori Takano (1 person outside)