PRINTER DEVICE AND AUTOCHANGER THEREFOR

Title:

PRINTER DEVICE AND AUTOCHANGER THEREFOR

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/1995/012538

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

An autochanger can continuously operate a video printer device without human intervention. The video printer device is loaded with a paper feed tray, which stores a plurality of recording media, and/or an ink ribbon cartridge in a manner to enable selectively changing them as desired. Provided are a magazine capable of storing a plurality of the paper feed trays and/or a plurality of the ink ribbon cartridges, and conveying means for the paper feed trays and/or the ink ribbon cartridges, said conveying means serving to convey the paper feed trays and the ink ribbon cartridges between the video printer device and the magazine. Accordingly, it is possible to change the paper feed trays and the ink ribbon cartridges for the video printer device by means of the conveying means as desired, so that an autochanger capable of continuously operating a video printer device over a long term can be realized.

Inventors:

MORIMURA JINICHI (JP)
SATO KAZUHIRO (JP)
FUNAYAMA HIDEHIKO (JP)
DOHI HIROSHI (JP)
ASAMI SHOJIRO (JP)
NAKAMURA MASATO (DE)
HITACHI AKIO (DE)

Application Number:

PCT/JP1994/001838

Publication Date:

May 11, 1995

Filing Date:

November 01, 1994

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

SONY CORP (JP)
SONY EUROPA GES MIT BESCHRAENK (DE)
MORIMURA JINICHI (JP)
SATO KAZUHIRO (JP)
FUNAYAMA HIDEHIKO (JP)
DOHI HIROSHI (JP)
ASAMI SHOJIRO (JP)
NAKAMURA MASATO (DE)
HITACHI AKIO (DE)

International Classes:

B41J13/00; B41J35/22; B41J35/28; B65H1/26; (IPC1-7): B65H1/30; B65H3/44; B41J13/00

Foreign References:

JPH043732A	1992-01-08
JPS57165858A	1982-10-13
JPS5741651A	1982-03-08
JPS6227206A	1987-02-05
JPS57112249A	1982-07-13

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