Patent ID: 8256974
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A cassette for a printer that transfers ink applied on an ink sheet to a recording sheet by a thermal head for recording, the cassette comprising: a recording sheet housing for accommodating one or more recording sheets; a casing provided on a surface of the recording sheet housing and defining a first ink-sheet housing and a second ink-sheet housing, the first ink-sheet housing accommodating a first bobbin around which an ink sheet is wound, the second ink-sheet housing accommodating a second bobbin which takes up the ink sheet drawn from the first ink-sheet housing; an opening provided at a surface of the recording sheet housing facing the first and second ink-sheet housings, wherein the opening is provided between the first and second ink-sheet housings; and an engagement structure configured to engage an engagement portion of a printer, wherein the recording sheet housing protrudes along an axis of the first bobbin relative to the first and second ink-sheet housings, and wherein the engagement structure is provided on a surface of the casing, the surface being substantially perpendicular to the axis of the first bobbin, the surface being located at a side where the recording sheet housing protrudes, and a portion of the engagement structure is provided between the axis of the first bobbin and the opening or between the axis of the second bobbin and the opening.