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US 5,516,217 AGranted
Document guiding ribbon cartridge
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsDouglas E. Alexander, Richard H. Harris, Jeff D. Thomas
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Abstract
An improved print ribbon cartridge, having a plurality of paper guide means therein capable of preventing the fouling of paper at the time of printing, for use with a typewriter or printer having a platen, a carrier movable along the platen which supports the cartridge, a print head supported on the carrier for operating in conjunction with the print ribbon in the cartridge to cause printing on a document.
Claims4
A ribbon cartridge for providing a source of ink for printing, comprising:
- a housing;
- a supply of inked ribbon;
- a repository for storing used ribbon;
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- a plurality of guides, each of said guides having a first end in slidable contact with said housing, and having a second end having a document guide surface for guiding a document during printing.
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