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Ink ribbon cartridge
This invention provides an ink ribbon cartridge that can increase the ink ribbon capacity. [Solution] The ink ribbon cartridge is installed in the printing device. The ink ribbon cartridge comprises a cartridge case that houses the ink ribbon and a gear train housed in the cartridge case. When the ink ribbon cartridge is installed in the printing device, the axis of rotation of the winding roll from which the ink ribbon is wound is different from the axis of rotation of the winding shaft. The gear train is configured to transmit the power of the winding shaft to the winding roll.
Owner:SEIKO EPSON CORP
Cassette
To provide a cassette that can contribute to suppressing an ink ribbon from skewing.SOLUTION: In a cassette 200, a front end of a third middle wall 86 is connected to a left end of a first middle wall 84, a rear end of the third middle wall 86 is connected to a left end of a second middle wall 85, and a rear end of a fourth middle wall 87 is connected to a right end of the second middle wall 85. A second wall includes an upper stretched part 81A stretched over an upper end of the first middle wall 84 and an upper end of the second middle wall 85. In a first wall 71 are formed a first cut-off part 71A cut off from the front end to a space between the first middle wall 84 and the second middle wall 85 and a second cut-off part 71B cut off toward the left side from the first cut-off part 71A. The first wall 71 includes a lower stretched part 272 covering a space surrounded by the first middle wall 84, the second middle wall 85, the third middle wall 86 and the fourth middle wall 87, from below. A right end 272A of the lower stretched part 272 is connected to a front end of the second cut-off part 71B, at a first point P1 and is connected to a rear end or to a left end of the second cut-off part 71B, at a second point P2.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 19
Owner:BROTHER KOGYO KK
Cassette including protrusion configured to contact widthwise center portion of ink ribbon to cause ink ribbon to be curved
A cassette includes: a lower case having a box-like shape; a ribbon roll which is a roll of an ink ribbon; a take-up spool configured to take up the ink ribbon from the ribbon roll; and a protrusion provided in the lower case. The lower case includes: a front wall; a rear wall; a left wall; a right wall; a first inner wall; a second inner wall; a third inner wall; and a fourth inner wall. The protrusion protrudes rightward from a portion of the fourth inner wall other than a front edge and a rear edge of the fourth inner wall. The protrusion is configured to contact a widthwise center portion of the ink ribbon to cause the ink ribbon to be curved along a width of the ink ribbon so that the widthwise center portion of the ink ribbon protrudes rightward.
Owner:BROTHER KOGYO KK
cartridge
To provide a cartridge that can suppress a tape inserted into through a tape-insertion port from getting stuck with a tape guide.SOLUTION: A cartridge case 9 is provided with: a tape feed-out port 17 through which a tape fed out from a tape roll stored in the cartridge case 9 is fed out to the outside of the cartridge case 9; a tape insertion port 33 through which when the tape roll is stored in the cartridge case 9, the tape pulled out from the tape roll so that a tip of the tape protrudes through the tape feed-out port 17 to the outside of the cartridge case 9 can be inserted into in a first direction from an end part at one side in a width direction of the tape; and a tape guide 209, positioned in the first direction with respect to the tape insertion port 33, which guides feeding of the tape by a tape printing device. The tape guide 209 is provided with a protruding part 229 that contacts the tape, where a tape guide chamfer part 233 is provided at an end part of the protruding part 229 in a second direction which is opposite to the first direction.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 18
Owner:SEIKO EPSON CORP
Thermal printing device with cooler
The thermal printing device (1) equipped with a cooler includes a frame, an endless ribbon (5) for transporting ink to an outer surface (51), a coating device (3) for coating the endless ribbon (5) with ink (4), a print head (6) for thermally transferring a portion of the ink (4) coated on the endless ribbon (5) to a substrate (20) for printing, a plurality of first rollers (9) for supporting and transporting the endless ribbon (5) on their inner surfaces (52) along a path from the coating device (3) to the print head (6) and from the print head (6) to the coating device (3), and two adjacent first rollers (9) along the path from the coating device (3) to the print head (6). (9), at least one first conveyor (7) including a plate (75) arranged to support an inner surface (52) of the endless ribbon (5) and fixed to a frame (75) in translation and rotation, and having a first convex surface that supports the inner surface (52) of the ribbon (5), and a heat exchanger (72) designed to cool a first surface of the plate (75) at a first predetermined temperature.
Owner:株式会社アルモア
Printing consumable detection
A printing consumable may include a rotatable core, a roll of dispensable printing substrate, and a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. The roll of dispensable print substrate may be dispensable secured to the core. The RFID tag may be secured to the core and configured to rotate about the core axis. The RFID tag includes an RFID antenna coupled to an RFID chip. The RFID chip may include a print counter, an inventory unit (SKU) code, and a consumable authentication code. A printing system may include a housing, a holder to hold the printing consumables, a printhead, a transceiver, a tracking antenna to read RFID tags of the printing consumables, and a controller. The controller may be configured to receive a signal from the transceiver indicative of one or more of the print counter, the SKU code, and the consumable authentication code received from the RFID antenna.
Owner:SANFORD LP
Auxiliary tape cartridge
ActiveCN116234704BInk ribbon cartridgesPrinting mechanismsMechanical engineeringElectrical and Electronics engineering
Provided is an auxiliary tape cartridge that can easily insert a printing tape. The present disclosure is an auxiliary tape cartridge that includes an auxiliary tape for printing and a housing that accommodates at least a portion of the auxiliary tape. The housing has a discharge port that discharges the printing tape to the outside and a guide portion that guides the printing tape supplied from the outside of the housing toward the discharge port. The guide portion has a bending formation member that bends the printing tape in a manner that bulges a portion of the printing tape in a width direction in a thickness direction by contacting the printing tape.
Owner:BROTHER KOGYO KK
Ink ribbon cartridge having first and second protrusions to be fitted in first and second holes of frame of printing device, and printing device using the same
An ink ribbon cartridge includes a first spool, a first case covering the first spool, a second spool, a second case covering the second spool, a first rib provided at the first case, a second rib provided at the second case, an ink ribbon, a first protrusion, and a second protrusion. The first spool extends in a first direction and the second spool extends in a second direction. The first protrusion protrudes in the first direction from an end of the first case in the first direction. The second protrusion protrudes in the second direction from an end of the second case in the second direction. The first protrusion and the second protrusion are respectively fitted in a first hole and a second hole of a first frame of a printing device in a state where the ink ribbon cartridge is attached the printing device.
Owner:BROTHER KOGYO KK
With box
A tape cartridge capable of being miniaturized in a vertical direction perpendicular to the up-down direction includes a ribbon housing (21), the ribbon housing including a first side wall (16a) extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a second side wall (16b) extending in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and intersecting the second direction, and a recessed wall (16c) defining a recessed portion (99) extending from the second side wall (16b) to one side of the second direction and extending in the third direction at a position located on one side of the second direction relative to the second side wall (16b). At least a portion of the recessed portion (99) overlaps with a printing tape roll (26) in the first direction. As a result, the printing tape housing (20) including the printing tape roll (26) overlaps with the ribbon housing (21) including the recessed wall (16c) in the first direction, i.e., the up-down direction. At least a portion of the recessed portion (99) overlaps with the printing tape roll (26) in the first direction, thereby miniaturizing the tape cartridge (10) in a vertical direction perpendicular to the up-down direction.
Owner:BROTHER KOGYO KK
Cassette
To provide a cassette that can contribute to suppressing an ink ribbon from skewing.SOLUTION: In a lower case 40 of a cassette 100, a front end of a third middle wall 86 is connected to a left end of a first middle wall 84, a rear end of the third middle wall 86 is connected to a left end of a second middle wall 85, and a rear end of a fourth middle wall 87 is connected to a right end of the second middle wall 85. In the lower case 40 is formed an exposed part 92 that is an opening extending from a space between a right end of a front wall 141 and a right end of the first middle wall 84 to a space between a front end of the fourth middle wall 87 and a front end of a wight wall 144. An ink ribbon 105 is stretched over a winding-up spool 109 from a ribbon roll 107 through a space between a left wall 142 and the third middle wall 86, a space between the front wall 141 and the first middle wall 84, the exposed part 92 and a space between the fourth middle wall 87 and the right wall 144 in this order. A convex part 97 of the cassette 100 protrudes to the right side from a region other than the front end and the rear end of the fourth middle wall 87 and then contacts a central part in a width direction of the ink ribbon 105, so as to make the ink ribbon 105 deflect in the width direction.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8
Owner:BROTHER KOGYO KK
Print cassette
ActiveUS12496843B2Ink ribbon cartridgesPrinting mechanismsMechanical engineeringElectrical and Electronics engineering
Owner:BROTHER KOGYO KK
A printing tape transport apparatus, a spool, a printing device comprising such and a method of loading a spool onto a printing tape transport apparatus
PCT designated stageWO2025238241A1Printing mechanismsInking apparatusMechanical engineeringTransmission equipment
The present disclosure relates to a printing tape transport apparatus, to a spool useable with the printing tape transport apparatus, to a system comprising the printing tape transport apparatus and spool, printing device comprising the printing tape transport apparatus and to a method of loading a spool onto the printing tape transport apparatus. The printing tape transport apparatus uses a spool support body and an end member. The spool support body has projections which are prevented from moving radially inwards when the end member is connected to the spool support body.
Owner:DOVER EUROPE SARL
Cassette
A cassette includes a printing tape roll being rotatable and into which a printing tape as a medium to be printed is wound, and an outer peripheral wall disposed on one side in a first direction relative to the printing tape roll. The first direction is a width direction of the printing tape. The outer peripheral wall includes a first side wall extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a second side wall extending in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and intersecting with the second direction, and a recess wall defining a recess extending from the second side wall toward one side in the second direction. The recess extends in the third direction on one side in the second direction further than the second side wall. At least a portion of the recess overlaps the printing tape roll in the first direction.
Owner:BROTHER KOGYO KK
Thermal transfer system
To provide a thermal transfer system having a heating device for heating an improved and transferred ink ribbon.SOLUTION: A thermal transfer system 10 includes a delivery part 16 for delivering an ink ribbon 13, a transfer device 17, a winding up part 21 for winding up the transferred ink ribbon 13, and a heating device 22 which is provided in the vicinity of the winding up part 21, and has a second heating body 30 for heating the transferred ink ribbon 13, wherein the second heating body 30 has an action surface 30S where a heating wire 31 is arranged, and is movable in each of a circumferential direction and a radial direction of the winding up part 21, the heating device 22 moves the second heating body 30 in the radial direction of the winding up part 21, brings the action surface 30 into contact with the ink ribbon 13, thereby heats the ink ribbon 13, at that time, the second heating body 30 is moved in the circumferential direction of the winding up part 21 together with the ink ribbon 13 wound up by the winding up part 21.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3
Owner:DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO LTD
Auxiliary tape cassette including auxiliary tape, gear, and case that accommodates therein at least a part of auxiliary tape and at least a part of gear
ActiveUS12576656B2Printing mechanismsTypewritersMechanical engineeringElectrical and Electronics engineering
An auxiliary tape cassette includes: an auxiliary tape; a gear; and a case. The auxiliary tape is used for printing on a printing tape. The gear transmits a driving force from an outside. The case accommodates therein at least a part of the auxiliary tape and at least a part of the gear. The case has: a discharge opening; and a guide part. The discharge opening discharges the printing tape to an outside. The guide part guides the printing tape supplied from an outside of the case toward the discharge opening.
Owner:BROTHER KOGYO KK
Printing apparatus
According to one embodiment, a printing apparatus (100) includes a shaft (41) on which an ink ribbon roll (30) with a wireless tag (32) can be mounted. The ink ribbon roll (30) rotates about the shaft (41). An antenna (40) for communication with the wireless tag (32) is on an outer peripheral surface of the shaft (41). A wiring (401) is on the outer peripheral surface of the shaft (41) and connects to the antenna (40). A protective sleeve (50) is provided to be between the shaft (41) and the mounted ink ribbon roll (30). The protective sleeve (50) covers an end portion of the shaft (41) and the wiring (401) at the end portion. A bearing (43) is outside the protective sleeve (50). The bearing (43) is rotatable about the protective sleeve (50). A printing unit (20) is configured to perform printing on a medium to be printed with ink ribbon drawn out of the ink ribbon roll (30).
Owner:TOSHIBA TEC KK
Auxiliary tape cartridge, printing tape cartridge, and printing cartridge
Provided is a sub-tape cartridge that can arbitrarily combine a sub-tape and a printing tape. The present disclosure is a sub-tape cartridge that is attached to a printing device main body together with a printing tape cartridge that has a printing tape and a first rotation transmission member. The sub-tape cartridge has a sub-tape for printing of the printing tape, a second rotation transmission member that can be linked to the first rotation transmission member of the printing tape cartridge, and a housing that houses at least a portion of the second rotation transmission member and at least a portion of the sub-tape.
Owner:BROTHER KOGYO KK
Printer and printing cassette
A printer includes a print head, a platen roller facing the print head, a driving source, a drive shaft connected to be driven to the driving source and rotatable about a rotation axis thereof, a platen gear connected to be driven to the platen roller, and a cassette mounting portion at which the print head and the drive shaft are disposed. A printing cassette including a to-be-printed tape, an input unit, and an output unit connected to be driven to the input unit is mountable on the cassette mounting portion in an axial direction of the rotation axis of the drive shaft. In a state where the printing cassette is mounted on the cassette mounting portion, the drive shaft is engaged with the input unit and the platen gear is engaged with the output unit.
Owner:BROTHER KOGYO KK
Ink cassette and printer
An ink cassette comprises a supply bobbin (302), a winding bobbin (301), and an enclosure (304,305,306) including a supply bobbin storage portion (304A) and a winding bobbin storage portion (304B). In the supply bobbin storage portion and the winding bobbin storage portion, an opening (316a, 316b) is provided in one side surface of the enclosure, with an elastic piece (314a, 314b) provided within each of the openings, and a rotation restricting portion (316a, 316b) is provided on an inner side of another side surface of the enclosure. The supply bobbin and the winding bobbin has a rotation-restricted portion (301c, 302c). The supply bobbin and the winding bobbin are biased by the elastic pieces toward the other side surface in which the rotation restricting portions are provided, and the rotation-restricted portions engage with the rotation restricting portions and restrict rotation of the supply bobbin and the winding bobbin.
Owner:CANON KK
Tape cassette
PCT designated stageWO2026070846A1Ink ribbon cartridgesPrinting mechanismsInterior spaceStructural engineering
Owner:BROTHER KOGYO KK
Printing cassette and printing device
To provide a printing cassette capable of restricting damage to a gear for transmitting driving force.SOLUTION: The present disclosure is a printing cassette including: a case having a first case part, a second case part, and a third case part; a first tape which is at least partially housed in the third case part; and a gear which is partially housed in the second case part whereas the other part is positioned outside of the case, and which is rotatable about a rotational axis parallel to a first direction. The first case part is provided with a discharge port for discharging the first tape. The first case part, the second case part, and the third case part are arranged in the first direction in the order of the first case part, the second case part, and the third case part.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3
Owner:BROTHER KOGYO KK
Auxiliary tape cassette provided with case having guide surface around which printing tape is wrapped to form spiral portion
An auxiliary tape cassette includes a roll configured of a wound auxiliary tape and a case housing the roll. The auxiliary tape is for printing on a printing tape. The case has a discharge port for discharging the printing tape and a guide surface for guiding the printing tape toward the discharge port. The guide surface is defined on an inner surface or an outer surface of the case. The printing tape is wrapped around the guide surface to form a spiral portion whose angle of rotation about a central axis of the spiral portion is greater than or equal to 180 degrees. The central axis is parallel to a winding axis of the roll. The guide surface includes a curved surface for guiding at least a portion of the spiral portion on an upstream side of the discharge port in a discharging direction of the printing tape.
Owner:BROTHER KOGYO KK
Liquid discharge apparatus and imprint apparatus
A liquid discharge apparatus has a storage portion configured to store a discharged material, a discharge port configured to communicate with the storage portion and discharge the discharged material stored in the storage portion, and a pressure control device configured to control a pressure of the discharged material stored in the storage portion. The pressure control device controls the pressure of the discharged material to shift from a first negative pressure state, to a second negative pressure state of a greater negative pressure than the first negative pressure state, and then to a third positive pressure state.
Owner:CANON KK
Thermal transfer system
To provide a thermal transfer system which has an improved heating device for heating a transferred ink ribbon.SOLUTION: A thermal transfer system 10 includes a delivery part 16 for delivering an ink ribbon 13, a transfer device 17 for transferring ink 12a of the ink ribbon 13 onto a body 14 to be transferred, a winding up part 21 for winding up the transferred ink ribbon 13, and a heating device 22 which is provided in the vicinity of the winding up part 21, and has a second heating body 30 for heating the transferred ink ribbon 13, wherein the second heating body 30 has an action surface 30S composed of a divided cylindrical surface, a rotation axis 30a, and a heating wire 31 arranged on the action surface 30S, and is rotatable around the rotation axis 30a, and the heating device 22 brings the action surface 30S of the second heating body 30 into contact with the transferred ink ribbon 13 wound up by the winding part 21, thereby heats the transferred ink ribbon 13.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3
Owner:DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO LTD
Auxiliary tape cassette
There is provided an auxiliary tape cassette that can combine any auxiliary tape and printing tape arbitrarily. The present disclosure is an auxiliary tape cassette including an auxiliary tape used for printing on a printing tape, a gear that transmits a driving force from an outside, a case that accommodates therein at least a part of the auxiliary tape and at least a part of the gear. The case has a discharge opening that discharges the printing tape to an outside, and a guide part that guides the printing tape supplied from an outside of the case toward the discharge opening.
Owner:BROTHER KOGYO KK
Auxiliary tape cassette and printing tape cassette
There is provided an auxiliary tape cassette enabling a printing tape to be properly conveyed. The present disclosure provides an auxiliary tape cassette including a roll of an auxiliary tape used for printing on a printing tape being conveyed, and a case housing the roll. The case has a discharge port for discharging the printing tape from inside the case to outside the case, and a guide surface for guiding toward the discharge port the printing tape supplied from outside the case, the guide surface being defined on an inner surface or an outer surface of the case. The printing tape is wrapped around the guide surface to form a spiral portion whose angle of rotation about a central axis of the spiral portion is greater than or equal to 180 degrees, the central axis being parallel to the winding axis of the roll. The guide surface includes a curved surface for guiding at least a portion of the spiral portion on an upstream side of the discharge port in a discharging direction of the printing tape.
Owner:BROTHER KOGYO KK
Cassette
To provide a cassette that can contribute to suppressing defect in winding-up an ink ribbon by a winding-up spool.SOLUTION: In a lower case 40 of a cassette 100, a front end of a third middle wall is connected to a left end of a first middle wall, a rear end of the third middle wall is connected to a left end of a second middle wall, and a rear end of a fourth middle wall is connected to a right end of the second middle wall. A second wall 81 includes an upper stretched part stretched over an upper end of the first middle wall and an upper end of the second middle wall. In a first wall 71 are formed a first cut-off part cut off from the front end to a space between the first middle wall and the second middle wall and a second cut-off part cut off toward the left side from the first cut-off part. The first wall 71 has a lower supporting part 41 supporting a lower end of a winding-up spool 109. The second wall 81 has an upper supporting part 43 supporting an upper end of the winding-up spool 109. A size of a first gap G1 between the lower end of the winding-up spool 109 and the lower supporting part 41 is different from a size of a second gap G2 between the upper end of the winding-up spool 109 and the upper supporting part 43.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6
Owner:BROTHER KOGYO KK
INK CARTRIDGE AND PRINTER
Owner:CANON KK
Printing cassette and printer
Owner:BROTHER KOGYO KK
Printing cassette
To provide a printing cassette capable of inputting driving force to both a spool and a gear therein from a drive shaft, while suppressing enlargement in size.SOLUTION: The present disclosure is a printing cassette which can be attached to and removed from a printer body including an axially rotating drive shaft. The printing cassette includes: a first tape; a spool which is rotatable about a rotational axis parallel to a first direction, and to which the first tape is wound or the first tape will be wound; a first engagement part which is disposed on the spool in order to transmit driving force of the drive shaft to the spool; and an input gear which is disposed at a position different from that of the spool in the first direction, and engages with another gear, in order to transmit driving force of the drive shaft to the other gear. In a state of being mounted to a printer body, the first engagement part and the input gear engage with the drive shaft at mutually different positions in the first direction.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5
Owner:BROTHER KOGYO KK