Patent ID: 7594770

Claim:
An ink ribbon cassette comprising: an ink ribbon; a first ribbon-receiving part that receives a feeding reel on which unused ink ribbon is wound; and a second ribbon-receiving part that receives a take-up reel on which used ink ribbon is wound, wherein the first and the second ribbon-receiving parts include walls that face each other with a predetermined distance therebetween, the ink ribbon slides on a first ribbon-sliding portion formed at the wall of the first ribbon-receiving part and a second ribbon-sliding portion formed at the wall of the second ribbon-receiving part from the feeding reel to be wound on the take-up reel, and a ribbon guide, which prevents the ink ribbon exposed at the second ribbon-sliding portion from coming in contact with a printer body, is provided outside the second ribbon-sliding portion, the ink ribbon sliding on the second ribbon-sliding portion to be wound on the take-up reel is guided by a guide roller provided to the printer body and is wound on the take-up reel, the second ribbon-receiving part is provided with an escape portion for the guide roller, and the ink ribbon guided by the guide roller positioned in the escape portion is wound on the take-up reel, the printer body is provided with a scooper which prevents the ink ribbon to be inserted from being caught by the guide roller, the ink ribbon scooped by the scooper slides on an outer periphery of the guide roller in an axial direction, and the ink ribbon cassette is mounted in the printer body.