EP0092252A3 - Guide for exchangeable ink ribbons in a printer - Google Patents

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EP0092252A3
EP0092252A3 EP83103872A EP83103872A EP0092252A3 EP 0092252 A3 EP0092252 A3 EP 0092252A3 EP 83103872 A EP83103872 A EP 83103872A EP 83103872 A EP83103872 A EP 83103872A EP 0092252 A3 EP0092252 A3 EP 0092252A3
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printer
guide
ink ribbons
exchangeable ink
exchangeable
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EP0092252A2 (en
EP0092252B1 (en
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Hans-Werner Volke
Jurgen Hilkenmeier
Hermann Dipl.-Ing. Kohlhage
Udo Tewes
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Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme GmbH
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Nixdorf Computer AG
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41JTYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J35/00Other apparatus or arrangements associated with, or incorporated in, ink-ribbon mechanisms
    • B41J35/04Ink-ribbon guides
    • B41J35/06Ink-ribbon guides stationary
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41JTYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J31/00Ink ribbons; Renovating or testing ink ribbons
    • B41J31/10Ink ribbons having arrangements to facilitate threading through a machine
EP83103872A 1982-04-20 1983-04-20 Guide for exchangeable ink ribbons in a printer Expired EP0092252B1 (en)

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DE3214633 1982-04-20
DE3214633A DE3214633C2 (en) 1982-04-20 1982-04-20 Device for guiding an exchangeable ribbon in a printer

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EP0092252A2 EP0092252A2 (en) 1983-10-26
EP0092252A3 true EP0092252A3 (en) 1984-08-22
EP0092252B1 EP0092252B1 (en) 1986-10-01

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EP (1) EP0092252B1 (en)
DE (2) DE3214633C2 (en)

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DE3313205C1 (en) * 1983-04-12 1984-10-04 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München Device for guiding a printing unit
US4712932A (en) * 1984-01-28 1987-12-15 Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Ribbon guide device
IT1176062B (en) * 1984-04-16 1987-08-12 Honywell Information Systems I MULTICULAR INK TAPE CARTRIDGE AND ITS POSITIONING MECHANISM IN A SERIAL IMPACT PRINTER
JPS61116574A (en) * 1984-10-23 1986-06-04 Fujitsu Ltd Ink ribbon shifting mechanism
US4684961A (en) * 1986-06-02 1987-08-04 Alden Research Foundation Detachable facsimile print head drive
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US4110050A (en) * 1977-04-04 1978-08-29 Texas Instruments Incorporated Print ribbon handler
US4212552A (en) * 1978-11-06 1980-07-15 International Business Machines Corporation Impact printer cardholder with integral ribbon guide and end of ribbon sensor
GB2058719A (en) * 1979-09-26 1981-04-15 Int Standard Electric Corp Ink Ribbon Cartridge

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EP0092252A2 (en) 1983-10-26
DE3214633C2 (en) 1986-10-30
US4468143A (en) 1984-08-28
DE3366535D1 (en) 1986-11-06
DE3214633A1 (en) 1983-10-20
EP0092252B1 (en) 1986-10-01

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