Cartridge system for printing apparatus

US4810118A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Kienzle Apparate GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Josef Hauger · Villingen-Schwenningen, DE
• Klaus Tauchert · Villingen-Schwenningen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 22, 1986
• Grant date: Mar 7, 1989
• Expiry date: May 22, 2006

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41J32/00
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A coloring system for a printing apparatus, wherein a color ribbon is mounted within a cartridge which may be inserted within the printing apparatus so that the color ribbon is operable in cooperation with a print head to effect color printing on a recording carrier, with the print head operating from above the recording carrier and with the color ribbon being wound about a pair of spools having parallel axes arranged to extend horizontally when the cartridge is mounted in a housing of the printing apparatus, the printing apparatus including a guide and stop mechanism operable to hold the cartridge within the housing in operative position with the cartridge projecting above the housing to a degree in accordance with the dimensions of the spools upon which the color ribbon is mounted.