Patent · US Expired

Inking ribbon cassette

US4917515A · kind A · utility

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4Claims

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Assignee

Computer Gesellschaft Konstanz mbH · DE

Inventors

Gerhard Piller · Allensbach, DE
Michael Schwarzbauer · Konstanz, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 27, 1988
Grant date	Apr 17, 1990
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 27, 2008

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41J35/36
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A symmetrically constructed inking ribbon cassette is provided that is substantially rectangular in shape and which has two openings symmetrically arranged at the shorter sides of the cassette for receiving capstan drive shaft and a light barrier. The cassette housing is formed of two halves which are held together with catch noses at a joining plane of the housing halves and a viewing slot is provided in each slot adjacent to one of the ribbon winding hubs which are carried in the housing.

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