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Title:
THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTER
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2011201247
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To stabilize a pressing force of an erasing squeegee which presses an ink ribbon.

The erasing squeegee 3 is formed of a foaming resin, a felt and the like and has a curved shape. A lower part of the erasing squeegee 3 is abutted on and fixed to a wall of an erasure liquid tank 4. The lower part of the erasing squeegee 3 is immersed in a treatment liquid 9, sucks the treatment liquid 9 by a capillary phenomenon and sends it to an upper part. The upper part of the erasing squeegee 3 protrudes from a top surface of the erasure liquid tank 4 and is bonded and layered along a thin leaf spring 8 comprised of a thin metal sheet or a strong resin plate joined to the top surface of the erasure liquid tank 4 except a front end. A tip 3a of the erasing squeegee 3 is pressed in contact with the used ink ribbon 13b by tension (pressing force) urged by the leaf spring 8.


Inventors:
NAKAMURA TETSUHIRO
SEGAWA AKIO
Application Number:
JP2010072732A
Publication Date:
October 13, 2011
Filing Date:
March 26, 2010
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Assignee:
CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO LTD
International Classes:
B41J17/38; B41J2/32; B41J2/325; B41J35/38
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Akira Miyajima
Shigeru Tsuchiya



 
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