Patent · US Expired

Storage box for a cassette for a thermal printer

US5600361A · kind A · utility

5Cited by
2References
9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 27, 1995
Grant dateFeb 4, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 27, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J17/32
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A storage box (10, 12) for a dye ribbon cassette (33) which is provided with a laterally outwardly extending handle (28, 29) at each lateral side allowing easy gripping of the cassette, said storage box being a generally rectangular enclosure having a top, bottom, two side walls and a rear wall, a front opening (18) giving access to the box and a door (19) for closing such opening, and a slot (22) in each side wall extending up from the front end of the box in the direction of the rear wall, the height and the configuration of said slots being such as to allow insertion of a cassette in the storage box through its front opening while the handles fit in said slots, the outside portion of the handles remaining outside of the box thereby allowing gripping of the cassette.

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