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Printing apparatus and autochanger thereof

US5895157A · kind A · utility

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17Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 21, 1995
Grant dateApr 20, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 21, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J35/22
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An autochanger which can continuously operate a video printing apparatus without having recourse to intervention by an operator which includes a paper feed tray for containing a plurality of recording media and/or an ink ribbon cartridge are loaded in the video printer device to selectively change them as the occasion demands, a magazine which can contain a plurality of paper feed trays and/or ink ribbon cartridges and a conveyance means of paper feed tray and/or ink ribbon cartridge for conveying the paper feed tray and/or the ink ribbon cartridge between the video printer device and the magazine. Therefore, the paper feed tray and the ink ribbon cartridge of the video printer device can be changed by the conveyance means as the occasion demands, so as to realize an autochanger which can continuously operate a video printer device without having recourse to intervention by an operator.

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