US5500669A
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Label creation cassette
Assignee: Alps Alpine Co Ltd
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Filing: 1993-09-01
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Granted: 1996-03-19
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Expires: 2013-09-01
Abstract
Abstract The present invention relates to a label creation cassette capable of creating a label when mounted on a thermal printer used as an output unit for personal computers and wordprocessors. A cassette case 1 with a substantially rectangular surface includes substantially cylindrical cores 2a, 2b, 2c each rotatably supported therein. An image transfer tape 3 is wound around the core 2a of these three cores. Further, a thermal transfer ink ribbon 4 is wound around one of the remaining two cores or the core 2b and the other core 2c is used to wind the ink ribbon 4.
Inventors
- 👤 Akio Yamashita
- 👤 Kazutaka Suzuki
- 👤 Toshiaki Amano
- 👤 Kazuhiko Hatakeyama
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 08:45
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41J; B41J32/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
128 words
A label creation cassette for mounting on a thermal printer, the thermal printer including a thermal head for generating thermal energy, the label creation cassette comprising: a case; an image transfer tape mounted in the case; a thermal transfer ink ribbon mounted in the case and having ink which is selectively transferred to the image transfer tape upon generation of the thermal energy by the thermal head during a print operation; an accommodation unit formed in the case for accommodating at least a portion of said image transfer tape to which the print operation has been executed by the thermal head; and a holding unit provided with said accommodation unit for holding a leading end of said portion of said image transfer tape introduced into said accommodation unit.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
128 words
A label creation cassette for mounting on a thermal printer, the thermal printer including a thermal head for generating thermal energy, the label creation cassette comprising: a case; an image transfer tape mounted in the case; a thermal transfer ink ribbon mounted in the case and having ink which is selectively transferred to the image transfer tape upon generation of the thermal energy by the thermal head during a print operation; an accommodation unit formed in the case for accommodating at least a portion of said image transfer tape to which the print operation has been executed by the thermal head; and a holding unit provided with said accommodation unit for holding a leading end of said portion of said image transfer tape introduced into said accommodation unit.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
A label creation cassette according to claim 1, further comprising a guide path formed for guiding said portion of said image transfer tape into said accommodation unit.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
A label creation cassette according to claim 1, comprising a guide member for guiding the leading end of said portion of said image transfer tape into said holding unit.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
A label creation cassette according to claim 1, comprising a second opening formed in an upper surface of said cassette for exposing said portion of said image transfer tape accommodated in said accommodation unit.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
148 words
A label creation cassette for mounting on a thermal printer, the thermal printer including a thermal head for generating thermal energy, the label creation cassette comprising: a case; an image transfer tape mounted in the case; a thermal transfer ink ribbon mounted in the case and having ink which is selectively transferred to the image transfer tape upon generation of the thermal energy by the thermal head during a print operation; an accommodation unit formed in the case for accommodating at least a portion of said image transfer tape to which the print operation has been executed by the thermal head; and a holding unit for holding a leading end of said portion of said image transfer tape and a first opening for taking out said image transfer tape held by said holding unit therethrough while curving a trailing end of said portion of said image transfer tape.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
148 words
A label creation cassette for mounting on a thermal printer, the thermal printer including a thermal head for generating thermal energy, the label creation cassette comprising: a case; an image transfer tape mounted in the case; a thermal transfer ink ribbon mounted in the case and having ink which is selectively transferred to the image transfer tape upon generation of the thermal energy by the thermal head during a print operation; an accommodation unit formed in the case for accommodating at least a portion of said image transfer tape to which the print operation has been executed by the thermal head; and a holding unit for holding a leading end of said portion of said image transfer tape and a first opening for taking out said image transfer tape held by said holding unit therethrough while curving a trailing end of said portion of said image transfer tape.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
A label creation cassette according to claim 5, further comprising a guide path formed for guiding said portion of said image transfer tape into said accommodation unit.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
29 words
A label creation cassette according to claim 5, comprising a guide member for guiding the leading end of said portion of said image transfer tape into said holding unit.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
34 words
A label creation cassette according to claim 5, comprising a second opening formed in an upper surface of said cassette for exposing said portion of said image transfer tape accommodated in said accommodation unit.
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