Medium cartridge and printer

US9067441B2 · US · B2

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FieldValue
Publication numberUS-9067441-B2
Application numberUS-201414501113-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateSep 30, 2014
Priority dateOct 31, 2013
Publication dateJun 30, 2015
Grant dateJun 30, 2015

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Abstract

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The disclosure discloses a medium cartridge includes a first record medium roll, a second record medium roll, and a connecting arm. The first record medium roll is stored in a first storage part. The second record medium roll is stored in a second storage part. The connecting arm connects the first record medium roll and the second record medium roll, and comprises first bracket parts and second bracket parts. The first bracket parts sandwich the first record medium roll to hold the first record medium roll. The pair of second bracket parts sandwich the second record medium roll to hold the second record medium roll. The first bracket parts comprises a substantially oval-shaped first guide part capable of entering a first lead-in groove. The second bracket parts comprises a substantially circular-shaped second guide part capable of entering a second lead-in.

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What is claimed is: 1. A medium cartridge comprising: a first record medium roll that winds a record medium wound around a first axis in a manner that enables feed-out and is configured to be stored in a first storage part of a medium processor; a second record medium roll configured to take up and wind around a second axis at least a part of said record medium fed out from said first record medium roll, and to be stored in a second storage part of said medium processor and used…

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  • B41J11/22Primary

    Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • B41J15/044Primary

    Operations & Transport · mapped topic

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What does patent US9067441B2 cover?
The disclosure discloses a medium cartridge includes a first record medium roll, a second record medium roll, and a connecting arm. The first record medium roll is stored in a first storage part. The second record medium roll is stored in a second storage part. The connecting arm connects the first record medium roll and the second record medium roll, and comprises first bracket parts and secon…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Brother Ind Ltd
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B41J11/22. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jun 30 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).