US 7,743,919 B2 · Packaging

Abstract

Packaging for reliably fixing an irregularly shaped ink ribbon unit includes few components, including a printing paper roll wound with printing paper, an ink ribbon unit having both a sending roll that is wound with an ink ribbon and a winding roll disposed in parallel to the sending roll, a container for holding the printing paper roll and ink ribbon unit, and a partition member that partitions the container into first and second storage regions, into which the printing paper roll and ink ribbon unit are respectively stored. The ink ribbon unit is arranged in such a manner that the direction of the shafts of the sending and winding rolls is parallel to the bottom surface of the second storage region, and the partition member extends with an inclination relative to a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface of the second storage region.

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Packaging comprising:

a printing paper roll that is wound with printing paper;
an ink ribbon unit that has both a sending roll that is wound with an ink ribbon, the sending roll having a shaft, and a winding roll that is disposed in parallel to the sending roll, the winding roll also having a shaft;
a container for holding the printing paper roll and the ink ribbon unit;
and
a partition member that partitions the container into a first storage region having a top surface and a bottom surface, and a second storage region, having a top surface and a bottom surface, into which the printing paper roll and the ink ribbon unit are stored, respectively;
wherein the ink ribbon unit is arranged in such a manner that the shafts of the sending roll and winding roll are parallel to the bottom surface of the second storage region;
and
the partition member extends with an inclination relative to a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface of the second storage region.

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Packaging comprising:

at least two printing paper rolls that are wound with printing paper;
at least two ink ribbon units that each has both a sending roll that is wound with an ink ribbon, the sending roll having a shaft, and a winding roll that is disposed in parallel to the sending roll, the winding roll also having a shaft;
a container for holding the printing paper rolls and the ink ribbon units;
and
a partition member for partitioning the container into a first region having a top surface and a bottom surface in which the printing paper rolls are disposed, and a second region having a top surface and a bottom surface in which the ink ribbon units are disposed;
wherein the ink ribbon units are arranged in such a manner that the shafts of the sending roll and winding roll are parallel to the bottom surface of the second storage region;
said at least two ink ribbon units are arranged in such a manner that the gap formed by the difference in the diameters between the winding roll and the sending roll in each ink ribbon unit is engaged with the winding roll of the other ink ribbon unit;
and
the at least two sending rolls are arranged to be opposed each other having the at least two winding rolls therebetween.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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