Universal ink ribbon core - Patent 1080931

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EP 1 080 931 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	22.08.2001 Bulletin 2001/34

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	07.03.2001 Bulletin 2001/10

(21)	Application number: 00112903.0

(22)	Date of filing: 19.06.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B41J 33/00

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

31.08.1999 JP 662799

(71)	Applicant: FUJICOPIAN CO., LTD.
	Osaka-shi, Osaka-fu (JP)

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Inventors:

Ono, Masahiko, c/o Fujicopian Co. Ltd.
Osaka-shi, Osaka-fu (JP)
Hamasaki, Shigehiro, c/o Fujicopian Co. Ltd.
Osaka-shi, Osaka-fu (JP)
Nose, Masahisa, c/o Fujicopian Co. Ltd.
Osaka-shi, Osaka-fu (JP)
Kaneshiro, Yoshihide, c/o Fujicopian Co. Ltd.
Osaka-shi, Osaka-fu (JP)
Kato, Seigo, c/o Fujicopian Co. Ltd.
Osaka-shi, Osaka-fu (JP)
Nishioka, Kosuke, c/o Fujicopian Co. Ltd.
Osaka-shi, Osaka-fu (JP)

(74)	Representative: Meddle, Alan Leonard
	FORRESTER & BOEHMERT Franz-Joseph-Strasse 38 80801 München 80801 München (DE)

(54)	Universal ink ribbon core

(57) A universal ink ribbon core (10) has three notches (20a,20b,20c) spaced with 90° intervals between the first and second notches (20a,20b) and between the second and third notches (20b,20c). In an alternate embodiment, a fourth notch (20d) is provided spaced at an interval of 150° from either the first notch (20a) or the third notch (20c). The notches at one end of a core are formed at angular positions which are the same as the angular positions of the notches at the other end. An ink ribbon core of the invention may be installed in almost all types of printers.

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