Patent ID: 6623192
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A recording device comprising an ink ribbon cartridge mounted inside the recording device, the ink ribbon cartridge comprising:a frame having a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, the first side and the second side both extending in a widthwise direction and having supporting portions, the third side and the fourth side extending between the first side and the second side in a lengthwise direction perpendicular to the widthwise direction, the third side being formed with a protrusion protruding upward from an upper surface of the third side; a pair of tubes extending in the lengthwise direction and supported by the supporting portions; and an ink ribbon wound around the pair of tubes, wherein the upper surface of the third side faces upward in the vertical direction when the ink ribbon cartridge is mounted inside the recording device and the ink ribbon cartridge further comprises a grooved portion formed in an outer side surface of the third side.