Ink sheet cassette and recording apparatus capable of mounting the cassette
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKenkichi Sakuragi
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Abstract
An ink sheet cassette mountable on a recording apparatus includes a frame member, an ink sheet having ink thereon, a first winding member capable of winding the ink sheet, and a second winding member also capable of winding the ink sheet. A first support member supports the first winding member on the frame member, and is capable of contacting a member provided on the recording apparatus when the ink sheet cassette is mounted thereto. A second support member is provided for supporting the first winding member on the frame member, and is capable of contacting another member provided on the recording apparatus when the ink sheet cassette is mounted thereto.
Claims7
An ink sheet cassette mountable to a recording apparatus, comprising:
- a frame member;
- an ink sheet having ink;
- a first winding member for winding said ink sheet;
- a second winding member for winding said ink sheet;
- a first support member for supporting said first winding member on said frame member and contacting a first member on said recording apparatus when said ink sheet cassette is mounted on said recording apparatus;
- and
- a second support member for supporting said first winding member on said frame member and contacting a second member on said recording apparatus when said ink sheet cassette is mounted on said recording apparatus,
- wherein said first and second support members each have a member for rotatably attaching a roll of said ink sheet to said frame member.
A recording apparatus for recording an image on a recording medium, comprising:
- a mounting section, including first and second contacting members, for detachably mounting an ink sheet cassette having,
- a frame member,
- an ink sheet having ink,
- a first winding member for winding said ink sheet,
- a second winding member for winding said ink sheet,
- a first support member for supporting said first winding member on said frame member having a first contacting section for contacting said first contacting member on said recording apparatus when said ink sheet cassette is mounted on said recording apparatus, and
- a second support member for supporting said first winding member on said frame member having a second contacting section for contacting said second contacting member on said recording apparatus when said ink sheet cassette is mounted on said recording apparatus, wherein said first and second support members each have a member for rotatably attaching a roll of said ink sheet to said frame member;
- recording means for recording the image on the recording medium using the ink sheet of the ink sheet cassette mounted on said mounting section ;
- and
- conveying means for conveying said recording medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.