Patent · US Expired

Printing device for receiving at least two different types of tape holding cases

US5540510A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 27, 1994
Grant dateJul 30, 1996
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Expiry dateJun 27, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J35/28
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A printing device has a simple mechanism for ensuring that a cassette having tape of a proper width is inserted into it for printing and for advising a microprocessor of the width of the tape. This is achieved by providing a switch with an actuating part which can be accommodated by a cassette of one type but not by a cassette of a different type.

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