Tube thermal transfer printer machine
US6982739B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 25, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jan 3, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 25, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J2/325
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A thermal transfer printer passing a long soft tube (5) and an ink ribbon (4) between a platen roller (2) rotatably provided at a printer main body (1) and a printing head (3) arranged opposedly to the platen roller (2) and printing a character by thermal transcription from the printing head (3) to the tube (5), in which a hard wrapping roller (8) is rotatably arranged upstream from the printing head (3) and opposedly to the platen roller (2) and a character is printed by deforming the tube (5) between the platen roller (2) and the wrapping roller (8) such that a portion thereof brought into contact with the wrapping roller (8) is constituted by a planer shape.
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