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US 5,570,963 AGranted
Ink transfer roller for ribbon cartridges
AssigneeSercomp Corporation
InventorNarinder Gill
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Abstract
An ink transfer roller for transferring ink from a re-inking roller to an endless ribbon in ink ribbon cartridges for, for instance, impact printers being contoured on the outer surface. The roller is a cylinder having a central ridge raised in the middle of the outer surface of the roller and a plurality of branch ridges extending from both edges of the central ridge so as to be equally spaced from each other in the circumferential direction for inking the ribbon in proportion to the ratio as the ink is used.
Claims2
An ink transfer roller used in a ribbon cartridge comprising:
- a main cylindrical body having an external surface and an internal surface;
- a continuous central ridge provided circumferentially on said external surface of said cylindrical body;
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- a plurality of branch ridges extending from both edges of said central ridge in a longitudinal direction of a longitudinal axis of said main cylindrical body, said branch ridges being equally spaced from each other in a circumferential direction of said cylindrical main body.
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