Ink sheet cartridge
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHideki Yamamoto
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Abstract
An ink cartridge has a supply core tube that supplies an ink sheet rolled around the supply core tube and a take-up core tube that takes up the ink sheet supplied from the supply core tube. The supply core tube and the take-up core tube are rotatably supported by a frame via supporting shafts provided at both ends of each of the supply core tube and the take-up core tube. The supply core tube may be provided with a connecting mechanism that connects a supply side supporting shaft, which is one of the supporting shafts provided at both ends of the supply core tube, with the supply core tube, and at least one through opening formed at one longitudinal end portion of the supply core tube. The opening allows a tool to be inserted therethrough to access the connecting mechanism for disengaging the connection.
Claims15
An ink cartridge comprising:
- a supply core tube configured to supply an ink sheet rolled around the supply core tube;
- a take-up core tube configured to take-up the ink sheet supplied from the supply core tube;
- a frame;
- and
- supporting shafts provided at both ends of each of the supply core tube and the take-up core tube,
- wherein the frame rotatably supports the supply core tube and the take-up core tube via the supporting shafts, and
- wherein the supply core tube includes:
- a connecting mechanism that connects a supply side supporting shaft, which is one of the supporting shafts provided at both ends of the supply core tube, with the supply core tube;
- and
- at least one opening formed at one longitudinal end portion of the supply core tube, the at least one opening allowing a tool to be inserted therethrough to access the connecting mechanism for disconnecting the supplying core tube and the supply side supporting shaft.
An ink cartridge, comprising:
- a frame;
- a supply core tube configured to supply an ink sheet rolled around the supply core tube;
- a supporting shaft that is connected with a longitudinal end portion of the supply core tube, the supply core tube being rotatably mounted to the frame via the supporting shaft;
- a connecting mechanism that connects the supporting shaft with the supply core tube;
- a disconnecting mechanism that disconnects the supporting shaft from the supply core tube;
- and
- at least one opening allowing a tool to be inserted therethrough to access the disconnecting mechanism for operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.