Patent ID: 7464740
Filing Date: 2008-12-16
Classification: B41J,B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A laminate cartridge receivable in an overcoat apparatus holder having a cartridge slot, the cartridge comprising: a) a housing; b) a core rotatable with respect to the housing, the core having one or more ratchet teeth engageable with a tooth repository formed in the slot of the overcoat apparatus holder the one or more ratchet teeth engaging the tooth repository upon lowering the core into the slot to form a ratchet system therebetween and the one or more ratchet teeth disengaging from the tooth repository upon raising the core relative to the slot to permit the free rotation of the core; and c) a spool of laminate wound on the core, the laminate comprising a substrate layer and a separable donor overcoat layer.