Abstract: A first rotating crushing blade provided at the uppermost stage of crushing blades has one agitation arm. On the agitation arm is formed a press-in surface made by inclining both surfaces of the front and rear, relative to a rotation direction, of the first crushing blade. The press-in surface is a slope where its upper end is inclined in the direction projecting beyond its lower end. In an initial stage of crush, garbage is taken in downward by the press-in surface by rotation operation of the first rotating crushing blade, and a crushing blade in a lower stage can crush the garbage. Alternatively, a crushing unit is constructed from a first rotating crushing blade, a second fixed crushing blade, a third rotating crushing blade, and fourth fixed crushing blade that are layered together and received in a housing.

Abstract: A thermal transfer printer passing a long soft tube (5) and an ink ribbon (4) between a platen roller (2) rotatably provided at a printer main body (1) and a printing head (3) arranged opposedly to the platen roller (2) and printing a character by thermal transcription from the printing head (3) to the tube (5), in which a hard wrapping roller (8) is rotatably arranged upstream from the printing head (3) and opposedly to the platen roller (2) and a character is printed by deforming the tube (5) between the platen roller (2) and the wrapping roller (8) such that a portion thereof brought into contact with the wrapping roller (8) is constituted by a planer shape.

Abstract: A thermal transfer printer passing a long soft tube (5) and an ink ribbon (4) between a platen roller (2) rotatably provided at a printer main body (1) and a printing head (3) arranged opposedly to the platen roller (2) and printing a character by thermal transcription from the printing head (3) to the tube (5), in which a hard wrapping roller (8) is rotatably arranged upstream from the printing head (3) and opposedly to the platen roller (2) and a character is printed by deforming the tube (5) between the platen roller (2) and the wrapping roller (8) such that a portion thereof brought into contact with the wrapping roller (8) is constituted by a planer shape.

Abstract: A stapler includes a driver-and-clincher mechanism for operating a driver and a clincher such that the driver-and-clincher operating mechanism operates the driver until the driver nearly reaches a bottom dead point thereof during a first half downward movement of an operating handle and then the driver-and-clincher mechanism operates the clincher during a latter half movement of the operating handle.

Abstract: A tape printer including: a printer head for printing characters, figures, etc. on a laminated tape which is formed by laminating a printing tape and a separate paper a tape releasing section for feeding the laminated tape from the tape printer and a cutter for cutting the laminated tape. A half-cut mechanism for cutting only the printing tape of the laminated tape is provided on the tape out-going side of the cutter.