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US 5,224,785 AGranted
Ribbon cassette
AssigneeMerlin C.T.C. Production Division Nederland B.V.
InventorHans Raar
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Abstract
A cassette for a printer unit which includes an endless ribbon, a mechanism for transporting the ribbon, and a mechanism for causing the ribbon to move reciprocally comparatively slowly in a direction substantially transversely of the direction of movement of the ribbon. A camming track may be utilized for moving the ribbon wherein the driving of the camming track is coupled to the transporting mechanism for the ribbon.
Claims7
A cassette for a printer unit, said cassette comprising:
- an endless ribbon adapted for movement in a first direction;
- pivot pins pivotally mounting said cassette about a pivot axis;
- a drive shaft extending from said printer unit;
- a reducing transmission coupled to said drive shaft;
- a cam disc coupled to said reducing transmission;
- and
- a swivel member provided within said cassette;
- said cam disc contacting said swivel member to pivot said cassette about said pivot axis, said swivel member pushing against a contact surface of said printer unit and said pivoting being in a plane perpendicular to said first direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.