Patent ID: RE40202

Claim:
An ink ribbon cassette for a thermal transfer printer comprising : a cassette case having a first accommodating portion, a second accommodating portion arranged so as to be spaced apart by a predetermined distance from the first accommodating portion, and a connecting portion connecting the first and second accommodating portions, a feeding core and a take-up core rotatably accommodated respectively in the first and second accommodating portions, and an ink ribbon wider than a printing width which can be fed from the feeding core and taken up by the take-up core, wherein there is provided in the first accommodating portion in a vicinity of a feeding outlet for the ink ribbon a first support portion extending along an ink ribbon width direction, wherein there is provided in the connecting portion a second support portion opposed to the first support portion, the first support portion comprising a shaft connecting a side plate portion of the cassette case and a side surface portion of the first accommodating portion, and wherein the ink ribbon fed out from the feeding core is bent at the first support portion, and then bent in an opposite direction by the second support portion before the ink ribbon is taken up by the take-up core.