On Single Spool Patents (Class 400/206.4)
  • Patent number: 7264412
    Abstract: An ink switching cam (40) is rotated interlockingly with forward/reverse rotation of a head driving motor at all times to swing a cassette support member (20). Accordingly, ink belts can be switched with a simple construction without using a solenoid or the like. By setting a movable area of the ink switching cam (40) to be within one rotation, the operations of a print head (10) and the ink switching cam (40) which are interlocked with the forward/reverse rotation of the head driving motor can be simply associated with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Iwata, Kazumi Hasegawa