Cassette for holding ink ribbon and print paper therein and printer incorporating the cassette therein
AssigneeOki Data Corporation
InventorMinoru Isobe
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Abstract
An ink ribbon-print paper cassette is used in a thermal printer. A paper tray accommodates a stack of single sheets of print paper. The paper tray has an opening through which the print paper is fed into a paper path on a sheet-by-sheet basis. An ink ribbon for thermal printing runs over a thermal head located adjacent the paper tray. A housing accommodates the paper tray, thermal head, and ink ribbon therein. When the cassette is loaded into the thermal printer, the outer surface of the cassette and an inner wall of the thermal printer cooperate to form a paper path therebetween through which each of the sheets of print paper is advanced from the paper tray to the thermal head.
Claims13
An ink ribbon-print paper cassette for use in a thermal printer, the cassette comprising:
- a paper tray that accommodates a stack of single sheets of print paper, the paper-tray having an opening through which the print paper is fed into a paper path on a sheet-by-sheet basis;
- a thermal head receiving section located adjacent said paper tray and on a side of said paper tray remote from the opening;
- an ink ribbon for thermal printing that runs over said thermal head receiving section;
- a housing that accommodates said paper tray, thermal head receiving section, and ink ribbon, said housing having an outer surface;
- wherein when said cassette is loaded into the thermal printer, said outer surface and an inner wall of the thermal printer form a paper path therebetween through which each of the sheets of print paper is advanced from said paper tray to said thermal head receiving section.
A thermal printer having a cassette receiving section into which an ink ribbon-print paper cassette is loaded, wherein said cassette receiving section comprising:
- a thermal head;
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- an inner wall;
- wherein said cassette comprising:
- a paper tray that accommodates a stack of single sheets of print paper, said paper tray having an opening through which the print paper is advanced from said paper tray on a sheet-by-sheet basis;
- an ink ribbon for thermal printing;
- a housing having an outer surface, and accommodating said paper tray, said ink ribbon, and a thermal head receiving section located adjacent said paper tray and on a side of said paper tray remote from the opening;
- wherein when said cassette is loaded into said cassette receiving section, said thermal head is received in said thermal head receiving section, said ink ribbon runs over the thermal head and the outer surface of the housing and the inner wall of the cassette receiving section form the paper path therebetween through which each of the sheets of print paper is transported during printing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.