(57) A ribbon cassette for use with a printer or typewriter for housing an inked or carbon
ribbon or the like in which a ribbon guide, normally mounted on the typewriter or
printer, is formed as an integral but movable part of the cassette with the ribbon
permanently threaded therethrough.
In a preferred embodiment the ribbon guide comprises a loop (30) at the end of the
wire arm (36. 32), the remote end of which is embedded at (38) in the cassette. Another
aspect of the invention concerns the provision of a daisy wheel petal guide (22) between
opposed ends (20 and 18) of two arms (12 and 14) of the cassette which in part define
a ribbon path with the ribbon stretched across the gap.
The invention also includes a typewriter which is adapted to receive a cassette having
the above characteristics and which includes an actuator 112 in the typewriter for
engaging the arm 36 to move the ribbon guide as required.
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