Label Printer
AssigneeDymo
InventorsJerry Roctus, Geert Van Aerde, Kris Vandermeulen, Herman De Rycke, Marc Francois
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Abstract
A cassette comprising at least one portion for engaging with a cooperating locking element of a tape printer when said cassette is correctly located in said printer, said portion comprising an elongate conductive bar extending along said cassette in a direction perpendicular to a rotational axis of a supply roll housed in said cassette.
Claims28
A cassette comprising at least one portion for engaging with a cooperating locking element of a tape printer when said cassette is correctly located in said printer, said portion comprising an elongate conductive bar extending along said cassette in a direction perpendicular to a rotational axis of a supply roll housed in said cassette.
20-21. (canceled)
A label printing apparatus comprising:
- a cassette receiving bay adapted to receive a cassette, said cassette receiving bay having a base, an opening opposite the base, and side walls extending between the base and the opening;
- a cassette locking mechanism comprising at least one locking element having a locking position for engagement with a cassette inserted into said cassette receiving bay;
- and cassette detection means operable to determine whether said at least one locking element is engaged with a cassette inserted into the cassette receiving bay;
- wherein the cassette detection means comprises at least one conductive surface disposed on the at least one locking element;
- wherein the locking element comprises a first ramped surface for engaging a surface of a cassette as the cassette is inserted into the cassette receiving bay so as to cause deflection of said locking element, and a second ramped surface positioned below said first ramped surface and arranged to contact a conductive portion of the cassette for retaining the cassette when it is correctly inserted in the cassette receiving bay.
24-26. (canceled)
A method of manufacturing a cassette for a label printing apparatus, said method comprising:
- providing a cassette main body having a base, a top, and sides extending between said base and said top;
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- inserting a conductive bar into a receiving portion of said cassette, such that said conductive bar extends along said cassette in a direction perpendicular to a rotational axis of a supply roll housed in said cassette.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.