Ink ribbon, ink ribbon cassette and printer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9764578-B2
Application number	US-201615258203-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 7, 2016
Priority date	Sep 8, 2015
Publication date	Sep 19, 2017
Grant date	Sep 19, 2017

Abstract

An ink ribbon includes a core and a mounting section. The core is configured to be wound with an ink ribbon tape. The mounting section is mounted with an identification information recording part in which identification information of the ink ribbon tape is recorded to be inputtable and outputtable. The mounting section includes at least one hole section which supports at least one end portion of the core to be rotatable. The mounting section covers at least a part of the core via the ink ribbon tape wound around the core in a state where the core is rotatable.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An ink ribbon comprising:
a core that is configured to be wound with an ink ribbon tape; and
a mounting section that is mounted with an identification information recording part in which identification information of the ink ribbon tape is recorded to be inputtable and outputtable,
wherein the mounting section includes at least one hole section which supports at least one end portion of the core to be rotatable,
the mounting section covers at least a part of the core via the ink ribbon tape wound around the core in a state where the core is rotatable, and
the mounting section includes a positioning part which defines a position of the identification information recording part and which aligns a direction of the mounting section.

2. The ink ribbon according to claim 1 , wherein
the mounting section is provided with a mounting surface at a position facing a circumferential surface of the core, and
the identification information recording part is mounted on the mounting surface.

3. The ink ribbon according to claim 2 , wherein
the identification information recording part is mounted at a position which is closer to one end portion of the mounting surface than the other end portion of the mounting surface along an axial direction of the core.

4. The ink ribbon according to claim 1 , wherein
the ink ribbon includes two hole sections, and
one hole section supports one end portion of the core and the other hole section supports the other end portion of the core.

5. An ink ribbon cassette comprising:
an ink ribbon comprising:
a core that is configured to be wound with an ink ribbon tape; and
a mounting section that is mounted with an identification information recording part in which identification information of the ink ribbon tape is recorded to be inputtable and outputtable,
wherein the mounting section includes at least one hole section which supports at least one end portion of the core to be rotatable, and
the mounting section covers at least a part of the core via the ink ribbon tape wound around the core in a state where the core is rotatable; and

a body case in which the ink ribbon is stored to be detachable,
wherein the body case includes:
a storage section which has a receiving part supporting a connection member to be rotatable and which stores the mounting section such that the mounting section covers at least a part of the core to be stored to be detachable, and
the connection member is mounted in the core to be detachable.

6. The ink ribbon cassette according to claim 5 , wherein
the mounting section of the ink ribbon is provided with a positioning part which defines a mounting direction of the mounting section, and
the storage section of the body case is provided with a part to be positioned, which is matched with the positioning part when the mounting section is stored in the storage section in a predetermined direction.

7. A printer comprising:
an ink ribbon comprising:
a core that is configured to be wound with an ink ribbon tape; and
a mounting section that is mounted with an identification information recording part in which identification information of the ink ribbon tape is recorded to be inputtable and outputtable,
wherein the mounting section includes at least one hole section which supports at least one end portion of the core to be rotatable, and
the mounting section covers at least a part of the core via the ink ribbon tape wound around the core in a state where the core is rotatable;

an ink ribbon cassette in which the ink ribbon is stored to be detachable;
a cassette mounting unit from which the ink ribbon cassette is detached;
a print unit that performs printing on a print medium with the ink ribbon tape;
a conveying roller that conveys the print medium; and
a communication unit that performs input and output of identification information with respect to the identification information recording part,
wherein the ink ribbon cassette includes a body case that has a storage section which has a receiving part supporting a connection member and which stores the mounting section such that the mounting section covers at least a part of the core to be detachable, and
the connection member is mounted in the core to be detachable.

8. An ink ribbon comprising:
a feeding core that is configured to be wound with an ink ribbon tape;
a winding core that is configured to wind the ink ribbon tape fed from the feeding core; and
a mounting section that is mounted with an identification information recording part in which identification information of the ink ribbon tape is recorded to be inputtable and outputtable,
wherein the mounting section includes at least one hole section which supports at least one end portion of the feeding core to be rotatable,
the mounting section covers the feeding core only, without covering the winding core, and
the mounting section covers only a part of the feeding core via the ink ribbon tape wound around the feeding core in a state where the core is rotatable.

Assignees

• Max Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ehara Takayuki
• Sudo Hiroaki

Classifications

• B41J32/00 Primary

  Ink-ribbon cartridges · CPC title

• B41J17/36

  Alarms, indicators, or feed-disabling devices responsible to material breakage or exhaustion · CPC title

• B41J32/02 Primary

  for endless ribbons · CPC title

• B41J2/325

  by selective transfer of ink from ink carrier, e.g. from ink ribbon or sheet · CPC title

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title