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EP0315369A2
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Apparatus for recording image covered by protective medium
Assignee: Brother Industries Ltd
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Filing: 1988-10-27
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2008-10-27
Abstract
Abstract A recording apparatus including an apparatus body (12) having a front section (10) on the operator's side and a rear section (14) remote from the operator's side, a medium feeding device (76, 99, 100, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 123, 124, 132) supported by the apparatus body, for feeding a substantially transparent recording medium (70) along a predetermined feed path defining a boundary between the front and rear sections, such that one of opposite surfaces of the medium faces the operator's side, a recording device (72) disposed in the rear section (14) of the apparatus body, for recording an image (204) on the other surface of the medium, and a control device (174) for controlling the recording device such that the image (204) is laterally reversed as viewed in a first direction from the recording device toward the above-indicated other surface of the medium, with respect to a nominal desired image as viewed in a second direction from the front section (10) toward the one surface of the medium, whereby the laterally reversed image (204) is seen as the nominal desired image when viewed in the second direction.
Inventors
- 👤 Susumu C/O Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Kuzuya
- 👤 Seiji C/O Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Shimizu
- 👤 Mikio C/O Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Kato
- 👤 Yujiro C/O Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Ishikawa
- 👤 Takashi C/O Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Sakai
- 👤 Eiji C/O Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Yuki
Bibliographic Details
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2026-10-26 16:47
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41J; B41J2/00; B41J2/315; B41J2/32; B41J2/325
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
192 words
A recording apparatus, comprising: an apparatus body (12) having a front section (10) on the side of an operator of the apparatus and a rear section (14) remote from the operator's side; medium feeding means (76, 99, 100, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 123, 124, 132) supported by said apparatus body, for feeding a substantially transparent recording medium (70) along a predetermined feed path defining a boundary between said front and rear sections, such that one of opposite surfaces of the medium faces the operator's side; recording means (72) disposed in said rear section (14) of said apparatus body, for recording an image (204) on the other of said opposite surfaces of said medium; and control means (174) for controlling said recording means such that said image (204) is laterally reversed as viewed in a first direction from said recording means toward said other surface of the medium, with respect to a nominal desired image as viewed in a second direction from said front section (10) toward said one surface of the medium, whereby the laterally reversed image (204) is seen as said nominal desired image when viewed in said second direction.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
192 words
A recording apparatus, comprising: an apparatus body (12) having a front section (10) on the side of an operator of the apparatus and a rear section (14) remote from the operator's side; medium feeding means (76, 99, 100, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 123, 124, 132) supported by said apparatus body, for feeding a substantially transparent recording medium (70) along a predetermined feed path defining a boundary between said front and rear sections, such that one of opposite surfaces of the medium faces the operator's side; recording means (72) disposed in said rear section (14) of said apparatus body, for recording an image (204) on the other of said opposite surfaces of said medium; and control means (174) for controlling said recording means such that said image (204) is laterally reversed as viewed in a first direction from said recording means toward said other surface of the medium, with respect to a nominal desired image as viewed in a second direction from said front section (10) toward said one surface of the medium, whereby the laterally reversed image (204) is seen as said nominal desired image when viewed in said second direction.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
60 words
A recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising operator's controlled data input means (10) disposed in a portion of said apparatus body (12) in front of said medium feeding means (76, 99, 100. 112, 114. 116, 118, 120. 123, 124, 132) and said recording means (72), for entering data representative of said image (204) recorded by said recording means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
62 words
A recording apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 further comprising backing means (99, 100, 102, 104, 106, 112, 114, 116, 123, 124) disposed at a position along said predetermined feed path downstream of said recording means (72) as viewed in a direction of feed of said medium (70), for backing said other surface of said medium with a backing layer (102).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
89 words
A recording apparatus according to claim 1, 2 or 3 further comprising means (74) having an inking material, and wherein said recording means (72) records said image (204) by depositing said inking material on said other surface of said medium (70), said recording medium permitting said inking material to be transferred to a surface of an object, when said other surface of the medium and said inking material are forced into contact with said surface of the object, with a pressure applied to said inking material through said medium.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
66 words
A recording apparatus according to claim 1,2, 3 or 4 wherein said recording medium consists of a recording tape (70), and said medium feeding means (76. 99, 100, 112. 114, 116, 118, 120, 123, 124, 132) comprises a tape feeding mechanism (76, 99, 100, 112. 114, 116, 118, 120, 123, 124, 132) for feeding said recording tape in a lateral direction of said apparatus body (12).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
38 words
A recording apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said tape feeding mechanism (76, 99, 100, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 123, 124, 132) feeds said recording tape (70) in a leftward direction as viewed in said second direction.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
51 words
A recording apparatus according to claim 5, or 6 further comprising a cutter mechanism (144) for cutting said recording tape (70), which mechanism is disposed at a position along said predetermined feed path downstream of said recording medium (72) as viewed in a direction of feed of said recording tape (70).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
99 words
A recording apparatus according to claim 5, 6 or 7 further comprising a pair of presser rollers (99, 100) disposed at a position along said predetermined feed path downstream of said recording means (72), for superposing a backing tape (102) on a recorded portion of said recording tape (70) on which said laterally reversed image (204) has been recorded, said presser rollers defining therebetween a pressure nip through which are passed said recorded portion of the recording tape and said backing tape which have been superposed, whereby said recorded portion and said backing tape are secured to each other.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
91 words
A recording apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said tape feeding mechanism (76, 99, 100, 112, 114. 116. 118, 120, 123, 124, 132) comprises said pair of presser rollers (99. 100), and a drive source (123. 124) for rotating at least one of said presser rollers, said apparatus further comprising switching means (112, 114, 116, 122, 142) for selectively placing said presser rollers (99, 100) in a first position in which said pressure nip is established, and a second position in which said presser rollers are spaced apart from each other.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
123 words
A recording apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said backing tape (102) comprises a substrate (107), two adhesive layers (108, 110) formed on opposite surfaces of said substrate, and a release layer (111) provided on one of said two adhesive layers which is remote from said recording tape (70) when said recorded portion of the recording tape and said backing tape are superposed on each other, said apparatus further comprising a or the cutting mechanism (144) disposed at a position along said medium feed path downstream of said recording means (72), said cutting mechanism comprising a complete cutting blade (152) for cutting both said recording tape and said backing tape, and a partial cutting blade (154. 156) for cutting only said backing tape.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
69 words
A recording apparatus, comprising: a tape feeding device (236, 238, 240. 242. 244, 246) for feeding a recording tape (220) in a longitudinal direction of said tape: a recording head (72) for recording an image (260. 260a) on one of opposite surfaces of said recording tape (220); and covering means (236, 238) for covering said one surface of said recording tape (220) with a substantially transparent covering layer (230).
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
69 words
A recording apparatus, comprising: a tape feeding device (236, 238, 240. 242. 244, 246) for feeding a recording tape (220) in a longitudinal direction of said tape: a recording head (72) for recording an image (260. 260a) on one of opposite surfaces of said recording tape (220); and covering means (236, 238) for covering said one surface of said recording tape (220) with a substantially transparent covering layer (230).
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
49 words
A recording apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said recording head (72) records said image (260, 260a) on said recording tape by superposing an ink ribbon (74) on said recording tape (220) and transferring an inking material from said ink ribbon to said one surface of said recording tape.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
346 words
A recording apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising: recording tape supply means (90, 92) for supplying said recording tape (220), said recording tape supply means including a rotatably supported supply spool (90) having a roll of said recording tape mounted thereon, and applying a resistance to a feeding movement of said recording tape by said tape feeding device (236, 238, 240, 242, 244, 246); covering tape supply means (104, 106) for supplying said covering tape (230), said covering tape supply means including a rotatably supported supply spool (104) having a roll of said covering tape mounted thereon, and applying a resistance to a feeding movement of said covering tape; ink ribbon supply means (80) for supplying said ink ribbon (74), said ink ribbon supply means including a rotatably supported supply spool (80) having a roll of said ink ribbon mounted thereon. and applying a resitance to a movement of said ink ribbon; and ink ribbon feeding means (82. 244, 246, 248. 250, 252) for feeding said ink ribbon past said recording head (72), said ink ribbon feeding means including a rotatably supported take-up spool (82) for taking up said ink ribbon, and wherein said covering means (236. 238) com : prises a pair of presser rollers (236, 238) disposed downstream of said recording head (72) as viewed in a direction of feed of said recording tape (220) by said tape feeding device (236, 238, 240, 242, 244. 246), for superposing a covering tape (230) on a recorded portion of said recording tape (220) on which said image (260, 260a) has been recorded, said presser rollers defining therebetween a pressure nip through which are passed said recorded portion of the recording tape and said covering tape which have been superposed, whereby said recorded portion and said covering tape are secured to each other, said tape feeding device comprising a drive source (244) for rotating at least one of said presser rollers (236, 238) for feeding said recording tape (220) and said covering tape (230) whereby said presser rollers serve as part of said tape feeding device.
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