Ink ribbon cartridge having a replaceable ribbon magazine

US4213715A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Nixdorf Computer AG · DE

Inventors

• Johannes Haftmann · Schwabach, DE
• Rudolf Schmeykal · Neuenbeken, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 7, 1978
• Grant date: Jul 22, 1980
• Expiry date: Apr 7, 1998

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41J35/28
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A cassette-type ink ribbon device for a printer wherein the inked ribbon is carried in a throw-away magazine operatively disposed within and wholly independent of the cassette body. The cassette body carries all of the drive components and, hence, replacement of the magazine revitalizes the cassette at minimum expense.