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US 2008/0181705 A1Published application
Image forming device and ink sheet cartridge mounted on the image forming device
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShigeyuki Hayashi
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Abstract
An ink sheet cartridge includes a cartridge body. The cartridge body has a pair of side plates, a partitioning plate, and a cover segment together defining a frame shape with an central open space. When the ink sheet cartridge is accommodated to a facsimile device, a thermal head and a platen are positioned at the central open space. Also, the partitioning plate serves as a lower transport chute defining a transport path with an upper chute members, so that a recording sheet is transported along the transport path.
Claims20
An ink ribbon cartridge, comprising:
- a unitary cartridge body having:
- a supply side cover having a first side segment at a first end and a second side segment at a second end;
- a takeup side cover having a first side segment at a first end and a second side segment at a second end;
- a first connecting member;
- and
- a second connecting member;
- and
- an ink sheet set;
- wherein:
- the takeup side cover includes a partitioning plate situated between the first and second side segments of the takeup side cover;
- the first connecting member extends from the first side segment of the supply side cover to the first side segment of the takeup side cover;
- the second connecting member extends from the second side segment of the supply side cover to the second side segment of the takeup side cover;
- the supply side cover, the takeup side cover, and the first and second connecting members form a unitary frame with an open center when viewed from above, as the cartridge would be positioned in a printing device;
- and
- a projection extending from a lower side of the first connecting member at a position adjacent to the first side segment of the supply side cover.
12 more elements
An ink ribbon cartridge, comprising:
- a unitary cartridge body having:
- a cover segment;
- a partitioning plate;
- a first connecting member;
- and
- a second connecting member;
- and
- an ink sheet set;
- wherein:
- the first connecting member extends from a first end of the cover segment to a first end of the partitioning plate;
- the second connecting member extends from a second end of the cover segment to a second end of the partitioning plate;
- the cover segment, the partitioning plate, and the first and second connecting members form a unitary frame with an open center when viewed from above, as the cartridge would be positioned in a printing device;
- each of the first and second connecting members has an inner surface adjacent to the ink sheet set, an outer surface opposite the inner surface, an upper surface facing upward as the cartridge would be installed in the printing device and a lower surface opposite the upper surface;
- and
- the lower surface of the first connecting member includes a widened planar portion having a width from the inner surface to the outer surface greater than a width of the lower surface at positions adjacent to the widened planar portion.
12 more elements
An ink ribbon cartridge, comprising:
- a unitary cartridge body having:
- a cover segment;
- a partitioning plate;
- a first connecting member;
- and
- a second connecting member;
- and
- an ink sheet set;
- wherein:
- the first connecting member extends from a first end of the cover segment to a first end of the partitioning plate;
- the second connecting member extends from a second end of the cover segment to a second end of the partitioning plate;
- the cover segment, the partitioning plate, and the first and second connecting members form a unitary frame with an open center when viewed from above, as the cartridge would be positioned in a printing device;
- each of the first and second connecting members has an inner surface adjacent to the ink sheet set, an outer surface opposite the inner surface, an upper surface facing upward as the cartridge would be positioned in the printing device and a lower surface opposite the upper surface;
- and
- the lower surface of the first connecting member includes a plurality of subsurfaces that are not coplanar, at least two of the plurality of subsurfaces being parallel to each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.