Tape printers and printing medium containing cassettes
US6232993A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 14, 1998 |
| Grant date | May 15, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 14, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J3/4075
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A printing tape cassette contains a printing medium tape wound around a reel and held so that its coloring layers appear outside. The coloring layers are colored in different colors at corresponding temperatures and fixed by fixing rays of different wavelengths. The cassette is a substantially square box made of a ray cutting material. The cassette is set on a printer and has a slit-like port through which the printing tape is fed out, a window which cuts the fixing rays and through which window the printing tape accommodated in the cassette is confirmable visually. The printer comprises a reel drive shaft, a platen roller, a guide plate, a tape sensor, a thermal head, a ray cutting shutter, a fixing ray irradiator and a cutter.
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