Thermal printer ink ribbon cassette apparatus

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PATENT NO 5714996
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08394828

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An ink ribbon cassette apparatus which eliminates slack in an ink ribbon when the ink ribbon cassette is loaded on a printer. The ink ribbon is supplied from a supply reel and taken up on a take-up reel both supported on the cassette. A detector detects when the cassette is loaded on the cassette apparatus and in turn drives the take-up reel to draw a short length of the ink ribbon onto the take-up reel. The rotatable supply member is restrained by spring tension from rotating and from supplying the ribbon, providing a back tension on the ink ribbon and preventing slack.

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KABUSHIKI KAISHA SATO A CORP OF JAPAN15-5 1-CHOME SHIBUYA SHIBUYA-KU TOKYO

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hodai, Masato Tokyo, JP 1 6

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