Ink ribbon cartridge
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsKenji MOTAI, Taishi SASAKI, Hibiki AOYAMA
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Abstract
An ink ribbon cartridge to be mounted on a printing apparatus includes a cartridge case accommodating an ink ribbon and a gear train accommodated in the cartridge case. In a state where the ink ribbon cartridge is mounted on the printing apparatus, a rotation axis of a take-up roll on which the ink ribbon is taken up is different from a rotation axis of a take-up shaft, and the gear train is configured to transmit power of the take-up shaft to the take-up roll.
Claims9
An ink ribbon cartridge to be mounted on a printing apparatus having a take-up shaft for taking up an ink ribbon, the ink ribbon cartridge comprising:
- a cartridge case accommodating the ink ribbon;
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- a gear train accommodated in the cartridge case,
- wherein in a state where the ink ribbon cartridge is mounted on the printing apparatus, a rotation axis of a take-up roll on which the ink ribbon is taken up is different from a rotation axis of the take-up shaft, and
- wherein the gear train is configured to transmit power of the take-up shaft to the take-up roll.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.