Patent ID: 6307582
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An ink ribbon cassette comprising:a main body portion accommodating an ink ribbon;a supply core and a take-up core which are accommodated in the main body portion so as to be adjacent to each other and around which the end portions of the ink ribbon are wound;a ribbon guide portion extending to one side from the main body portion and having on one side a ribbon slide contact surface; anda ribbon turn-up portion formed at the forward end of the ribbon guide portion,wherein the ink ribbon is temporarily drawn out to the exterior from a ribbon outlet formed in the main body portion, runs on the ribbon slide contact surface of the ribbon guide portion from the condition in which it is turned up at the ribbon turn-up portion, and is drawn into the main body portion through an ink ribbon inlet formed in the main body portion to be taken up by the take-up core, andwherein the ribbon turn-up portion is formed by a rotatable roller member.