Patent · US Expired

Printer ribbon spool having a connection of an end piece with a cardboard tube core

US5997195A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 1, 1998
Grant dateDec 7, 1999
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Expiry dateJun 1, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2301/41369
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A tube-shaped stub (5) of an end piece (2) is inserted into ribbon tube core (1). The stub (5) has, adjacent to its free end, hook-like projections (11). This achieves secure anchoring of the end piece (2) in the core (1), even under changing climatic conditions.

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