Printing apparatus and printing cartridge therefor
US4402619A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 30, 1981 |
| Grant date | Sep 6, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 30, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J3/38
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An improved printing apparatus and tape-ribbon cartridge for use in a dry lettering printing process. The printing apparatus includes a printing station, a mechanism for generating a printing force at the printing station, a rotatable font element having a plurality of raised characters on its underside, an improved mechanism, in cooperation with the printing cartridge, for advancing the tape and ribbon into printing alignment with the printing station and means for aligning the printing font. The printing cartridge includes a cartridge housing, a supply of tape and ribbon within the cartridge and a reciprocally movable shuttle assembly for advancing the tape and ribbon toward the printing station. The cartridge also includes a mechanism for rewinding used ribbon onto a rewind spool within the cartridge.
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