Recording sheet package for use with printer, and recording sheet supplying method
AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorsHidemi Sasaki, Shusuke Mogi, Yoshio Ishizuka
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Abstract
A thermal printer is loaded with a recording sheet package. The recording sheet package has a packaging body, which contains a stack of plural recording sheets. A loading engaging cutout is formed in the packaging body, and when the packaging body is set in an acceptable orientation relative to the printer, is engaged with a loading guiding projection of the printer, and allows mounting the packaging body on the printer. When the packaging body is set in an orientation different from the acceptable orientation, the loading guiding projection inhibits the packaging body by interference from being mounted on the printer.
Claims26
A recording sheet package for a printer, comprising:
- plural recording sheets;
- a packaging body having a substantially thin box shape substantially rectangular parallelepiped, for containing a stack of said recording sheets;
- a supply opening, formed in said packaging body, for exiting said recording sheets therethrough;
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- plural loading engaging portions, asymmetrically disposed on said packaging body, such that when said packaging body is set in a predetermined acceptable orientation relative to said printer, said loading engaging portions engage with loading guiding members, for allowing said packaging body to mount onto said printer, wherein when said packaging body is set in all orientations other than said acceptable orientation, one of said loading guiding members and said loading engaging portions inhibits said packaging body from being mounted onto said printer.
A recording sheet supplying method for use with a combination of a recording sheet package and a printer, said recording sheet package including a packaging body shaped substantially in a rectangular parallelepiped, for containing a stack of recording sheets, said packaging body having a larger size than said recording sheets to form looseness therebetween, and a supply opening formed in said packaging body, for exiting said recording sheets therethrough, said recording sheet supplying method comprising the steps of:
- forming plural cutouts in said packaging body in first and second side lines of said packaging body, said first and second side lines extending in a supply direction of said recording sheets, said cutouts being asymmetrically located such that (1) when said packaging body is set in a predetermined acceptable orientation relative to said printer, all of said cutouts engage with loading guiding members, for allowing said packaging body to mount onto said printer, and (2) when said packaging body is set in all orientations other than said acceptable orientation, one of said loading guiding members and said cutouts inhibit said packaging body from being mounted onto said printer;
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- loading said printer with said recording sheet package while inserting said loading guiding members in said cutouts, for positioning said recording sheets in said printer.
A recording sheet package for a printer, including plural recording sheets, and a packaging body, formed by bending one packaging sheet or plate, substantially having a thin box shape substantially of a rectangular parallelepiped, for containing a stack of said recording sheets, and a supply opening, formed in an end of said packaging body, for exiting said recording sheets therethrough, said recording sheet package comprising:
- said packaging body including a bottom plate and a top plate, shaped substantially in a rectangular quadrilateral, opposed to each other, and adapted to contain said stack of said recording sheets, said bottom plate being movable at said supply opening toward said top plate.
A recording sheet package for a printer, including plural recording sheets, a packaging body, formed by bending one packaging sheet or plate, substantially having a thin box shape substantially of a rectangular parallelepiped, for containing a stack of said recording sheets, a supply opening, formed in an end of said packaging body, for exiting said recording sheets therethrough, said recording sheet package comprising:
- said packaging body including:
- a bottom plate and a top plate, shaped substantially in a rectangular quadrilateral, opposed to each other, and adapted to contain said stack of said recording sheets;
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- a push plate, disposed on said top plate to extend from said supply opening, for contacting a top face of said recording sheets, to push said recording sheets toward said bottom plate.
A recording sheet package for a printer, including plural recording sheets, a packaging body, formed by bending one packaging sheet or plate, substantially having a thin box shape substantially of a rectangular parallelepiped, for containing a stack of said recording sheets, a supply opening, formed in an end of said packaging body, for exiting said recording sheets therethrough, said recording sheet package comprising:
- said packaging body including:
- a bottom plate and a top plate, shaped substantially in a rectangular quadrilateral, opposed to each other, and adapted to contain said stack of said recording sheets and to define said supply opening therebetween, wherein each periphery of said bottom plate and said top plate has first to fourth bend lines, said supply opening is located on said first bend line, said first and second bend lines are opposed to each other, and said third and fourth bend lines are opposed to each other;
- an end plate, disposed on said second bend line, for extending to connect said bottom plate and said top plate with each other;
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- first and second lateral plates, formed with said top plate, disposed on respective said third and fourth bend lines, for extending toward said bottom plate;
- first and second securing plates, disposed on respective bend lines of said first and second lateral plates opposite to said top plate, and partially overlapped outside said bottom plate;
- an adhesive layer, applied at least partially to said first and second securing plates, for attaching said first and second securing plates to said bottom plate;
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- a push plate, disposed on said top plate to extend from said supply opening, for contacting a top face of said recording sheets, to push said recording sheets toward said bottom plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.