Patent · US Expired

Feeding bobbin and method for recycling said feeding bobbin

US7051971B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 9, 2003
Grant dateMay 30, 2006
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Expiry dateJan 9, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2511/12
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A feeding bobbin including a winding shaft including two ends each having a flange detachable mounted thereon, the shaft being common to various feeding bobbins for a thermal transfer printer, wherein the flanges are separated by a width corresponding to the width of a thermal transfer sheet or image receiving sheet to be wound around the winding shaft, and the winding shaft includes a portion for receiving such sheet wound thereon, the portion having a width regulatable by location of a combination of the flanges according to the width of such sheet.

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