Patent ID: 7633514

Claim:
An image generating apparatus comprising: an ink sheet cartridge including a cartridge case provided with a feed bobbin storage portion and a take-up bobbin storage portion coupled with each other through a pair of coupling portions at a prescribed interval, a feed bobbin and a take-up bobbin stored in said cartridge case and an ink sheet outwardly exposed between said feed bobbin storage portion and said take-up bobbin storage portion; a chassis mounted with said ink sheet cartridge; a print head for printing; a platen roller arranged on a position opposite to said print head; a press member pressing said print head against said platen roller; a first stop member provided outside said chassis for engaging with said ink sheet cartridge; and a second stop member provided inside said chassis for engaging with said ink sheet cartridge in printing wherein said ink sheet cartridge is provided with an engaging portion engaging with said second stop member, wherein the first stop member and the second stop member are provided independently of each other and wherein each of the first and second stop members is configured to engage directly with the ink sheet cartridge, wherein the first stop member and the second stop member are each configured to inhibit movement of the ink sheet cartridge in a direction opposite to a direction for insertion of the ink sheet cartridge into the image generating apparatus, and wherein said second stop member is mounted on a rotating shaft of said press member.