EP0658435B1 - Ink ribbon feeding cassette for thermal transfer printer - Google Patents

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EP0658435B1
EP0658435B1 EP94402826A EP94402826A EP0658435B1 EP 0658435 B1 EP0658435 B1 EP 0658435B1 EP 94402826 A EP94402826 A EP 94402826A EP 94402826 A EP94402826 A EP 94402826A EP 0658435 B1 EP0658435 B1 EP 0658435B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J17/00—Mechanisms for manipulating page-width impression-transfer material, e.g. carbon paper
    • B41J17/22—Supply arrangements for webs of impression-transfer material
    • B41J17/24—Webs supplied from reels or spools attached to the machine
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J17/00—Mechanisms for manipulating page-width impression-transfer material, e.g. carbon paper
    • B41J17/32—Detachable carriers or holders for impression-transfer material mechanism

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  • the field of the invention is that of printers, printers central processing unit peripherals such as printers embedded in printing devices, such as fax machines.
  • printers laser printing and thermal printing printers.
  • the domain of the invention is that of these latter printers.
  • Printers at thermal printing provided with a head of resistive heating elements, use either thermal paper, roll, or plain sheet paper.
  • the field of the invention is, even more particularly, that of thermal printers using plain paper sheets, that is, thermal transfer printing printers.
  • the impression is carried out, under the action of the print head, by transfer of an ink thermo-fuse previously coated on a support film, the whole forming a printing ribbon.
  • the invention relates to these printing ink ribbons, consequently of a width at least equal to that of the sheets intended for be printed.
  • the present invention aims to propose a completely different solution.
  • the present invention relates to a shoe for loading a ribbon. thermal transfer printing, firstly wrapped around a hub in one supply roller and on the other hand integral with a receiving roller hub, the hubs being provided with fixing ends respectively, the two rollers being received and detachably held in the shoe and the ends of fixing of their hubs projecting axially from the shoe.
  • Roll loading is simple, without the user doesn't have to touch the ink ribbon and it doesn't have to be put off by anything is.
  • EP-A-0 557 184 teaches a handle for removing rolls of tape in a cassette and, EP-A-0 593 821, a box for storing rolls, with cores whose ends must be gripped before they can be laid in a cradle.
  • the shoe of the invention with its rolls of tape, ready for use, can be placed in a box or put in capsule or pouch.
  • At least one of the rolls of ribbon is received in a housing the shoe provided with at least one friction edge arranged to cooperate with the roll when it detaches from the shoe and thus tension the ribbon.
  • the housing on the friction edge advantageously comprises a friction tongue with folded internal wall, beyond the contact area of the housing and the roller in the plane of detachment of the roller, on the other side of this plan.
  • the loading shoe 1, made here of polystyrene, has an overall shape parallelepiped and comprises, arranged from one of the large faces, two housings 2 and 3, here of substantially semi-circular sections, extending parallel to each other.
  • the housing 2 receives, detachably and here adjusted, a debtor roller 5 a thermal transfer printing ribbon 10 wound around a hub 4, and the housing 3 likewise contains a receiving hub 6 which is secured to the free end 7 of the ribbon 10 and which can nevertheless be described as take-up roller.
  • the supply roller 5 is full and the take-up roller 6 is almost empty.
  • slots 2 and 3 are slightly smaller respectively to the diameters of roller 5 and roller 6, which, by the elasticity of the shoe material 1, ensures reception and maintenance thereof while allowing them to be detached from the shoe 1, in a radial direction, by application of sufficient extraction forces.
  • the centers of hubs 4 and 6 are equal to that formed between the fixing bearings of a printer intended for consume the ribbon 10.
  • Housing 2 and 3 are here open at the end and in this example have a axial length substantially equal to that of the ribbon 10.
  • the hubs 4 and 6 protrude axially from the shoe 1 by fixing ends 8, 9 which are identified and described in more detail with reference to FIG. 3.
  • FIG. 2 which illustrates the use of the shoe
  • shoe 1 is applied against a ribbon loading area of a printer 11.
  • the printer 11 comprises two pairs of bearings 12 and 13, here in the form of a lyre, each receiving one of the fixing ends 8 and 9.
  • the writing roller 15 is shown in the position of use. he can be moved away from this functional position to allow the application of the shoe 1 on printer 11 and placing, or loading, rollers 5, 6 with the ribbon 10 and the writing head 14 coming into contact. The roller 15, after removing the shoe 1, is then folded down to press the ribbon 10 against the head 14.
  • a bearing 22, for receiving and holding, here by clipping, of one end of fixing hub 8, 9, hubs 4, 6, is shown in Figure 3.
  • the bearing 22 is formed by a notch 23 formed from an edge of a wall 21 of the printer 11, made of elastic material, here made of plastic.
  • the notch 23 has a flared mouth 24 extended by a channel 25, of width slightly less than the diameter of the fixing end considered 8, 9, which ends with a bearing 26 proper, of shape general circular.
  • This force is greater than the force of extraction of the hubs 4, 6 from the shoe 1, so that, the user having placed the shoe 1 on the printer 11 and so introduces the fixing ends 8, 9 into their respective bearings 22, these ends remain fixed when the shoe 1 is removed.
  • the tongue 32 is arranged so, during the loading, to remain in contact with the roller 5 at the start of the shoe removal 1, in the direction of arrow F, and thus create a friction torque making turn the roll 5 in the ribbon winding direction 10.
  • the housing 2 maintains the roller 5 as long as it is pinched between the edge 35 and a contact area 36 located near the base of the tongue 32, the zone 36 extending in the plane of detachment 34 of the roller 5, parallel to the arrow F, and the tongue 32 being folded down on the other side of the plane 34.
  • the shoe of the invention ready for use, is placed in a box packing; it can also be put in capsule or pouch.

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Abstract

Cassette (1) for feeding a thermal-transfer printing ribbon (10) in a thermal-transfer printer, the cassette (1) being designed for receiving and for retaining detachably and in their relative position of use a ribbon delivery roller (5) and a ribbon take-up roller (6), each provided with means (8, 9) for fastening in the printer, the cassette (1) leaving the said fastening means (8, 9) disengaged. <IMAGE>

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Le domaine de l'invention est celui des imprimantes, des imprimantes périphériques d'unités centrales comme des imprimantes intégrées à des appareils d'impression, tels que des télécopieurs.The field of the invention is that of printers, printers central processing unit peripherals such as printers embedded in printing devices, such as fax machines.

On connaít principalement deux types d'imprimantes : les imprimantes à impression laser et les imprimantes à impression thermique. Le domaine de l'invention est celui de ces dernières imprimantes. Les imprimantes à impression thermique, pourvues d'une tête d'éléments résistifs chauffants, utilisent comme support d'impression soit du papier thermique, en rouleau, soit du papier ordinaire en feuilles.We mainly know two types of printers: printers laser printing and thermal printing printers. The domain of the invention is that of these latter printers. Printers at thermal printing, provided with a head of resistive heating elements, use either thermal paper, roll, or plain sheet paper.

Le domaine de l'invention est, encore plus particulièrement, celui des imprimantes à impression thermique utilisant des feuilles de papier ordinaire, c'est-à-dire des imprimantes à impression par transfert thermique. L'impression s'effectue, sous l'action de la tête d'impression, par transfert d'une encre thermo-fusible préalablement couchée sur un film support, le tout formant un ruban d'impression. L'invention concerne ces rubans encreurs d'impression, par conséquent d'une largeur au moins égale à celle des feuilles destinées à être imprimées.The field of the invention is, even more particularly, that of thermal printers using plain paper sheets, that is, thermal transfer printing printers. The impression is carried out, under the action of the print head, by transfer of an ink thermo-fuse previously coated on a support film, the whole forming a printing ribbon. The invention relates to these printing ink ribbons, consequently of a width at least equal to that of the sheets intended for be printed.

La mise en place précise de ces rubans très fins dans une imprimante implique une manipulation lourde de précautions si on ne veut pas gaspiller de longueur tout en assurant une tension correcte des rubans.The precise placement of these very thin ribbons in a printer involves heavy handling of precautions if we do not want to waste length while ensuring correct tension of the ribbons.

On a déjà proposé de disposer, dans une imprimante, d'un berceau intermédiaire et amovible agencé pour recevoir un rouleau de ruban débiteur et un rouleau de ruban récepteur, par clipsage de leurs moyeux, la mise en place ou le chargement des rouleaux sur le berceau s'effectuant assez aisément après avoir retiré le berceau de l'imprimante et avant de l'y remettre en place. Mais une telle solution, avec berceau amovible, ne peut convenir que pour des imprimantes de relativement grande taille.It has already been proposed to have a cradle in a printer intermediate and removable arranged to receive a roll of debtor tape and a roll of receiving tape, by clipping their hubs, setting up or the loading of the rollers on the cradle is fairly easy after removing and replacing the cradle from the printer. But such a solution, with removable cradle, can only be suitable for relatively large printers.

La présente invention vise à proposer une tout autre solution. The present invention aims to propose a completely different solution.

A cet effet, la présente invention concerne un sabot de chargement d'un ruban d'impression par transfert thermique, d'une part enroulé autour d'un moyeu en un rouleau débiteur et d'autre part solidaire d'un moyeu de rouleau récepteur, les moyeux étant pourvus respectivement d'extrémités de fixation, les deux rouleaux étant reçus et maintenus de façon détachable dans le sabot et les extrémités de fixation de leurs moyeux débordant axialement du sabot.To this end, the present invention relates to a shoe for loading a ribbon. thermal transfer printing, firstly wrapped around a hub in one supply roller and on the other hand integral with a receiving roller hub, the hubs being provided with fixing ends respectively, the two rollers being received and detachably held in the shoe and the ends of fixing of their hubs projecting axially from the shoe.

Il suffit donc, pour le chargement des rouleaux dans une imprimante, de prendre le sabot, de le présenter de manière à introduire les rouleaux dans l'imprimante et d'engager leurs extrémités de fixation dans les moyens de fixation correspondants de l'imprimante pour y fixer avec précision les rouleaux, avant de dégager le sabot, sans les rouleaux, grâce au caractère détachable du maintien des rouleaux dans le sabot.So, for loading the rolls in a printer, take the shoe, to present it so as to introduce the rollers into the printer and to engage their fixing ends in the fixing means printer correspondents to precisely attach the rollers, before to release the shoe, without the rollers, thanks to the detachable nature of the support rollers in the shoe.

Le chargement des rouleaux s'effectue ainsi simplement, sans que l'utilisateur n'ait à toucher le ruban encreur et sans qu'il n'ait à être rebuté par quoi que ce soit.Roll loading is simple, without the user doesn't have to touch the ink ribbon and it doesn't have to be put off by anything is.

Naturellement, le chargement des rouleaux dans l'imprimante, doit s'effectuer après avoir dégagé le "compresseur", ou le galet d'écriture ou d'appui, de la tête d'impression avec laquelle il doit coopérer mécaniquement en cours d'impression.Naturally, the loading of the rolls into the printer must be carried out after having released the "compressor", or the writing or support roller, from the head printing with which it must cooperate mechanically in progress printing.

On notera que EP-A-0 557 184 enseigne une poignée de dépose de rouleaux de ruban dans une cassette et, EP-A-0 593 821, une boíte de stockage de rouleaux, avec des noyaux dont les extrémités doivent être saisies pour pouvoir les poser dans un berceau.Note that EP-A-0 557 184 teaches a handle for removing rolls of tape in a cassette and, EP-A-0 593 821, a box for storing rolls, with cores whose ends must be gripped before they can be laid in a cradle.

Le sabot de l'invention, avec ses rouleaux de ruban, prêt à l'emploi, peut être disposé dans une boíte ou mis en capsule ou pochette.The shoe of the invention, with its rolls of tape, ready for use, can be placed in a box or put in capsule or pouch.

De préférence, au moins l'un des rouleaux de ruban est reçu dans un logement du sabot pourvu au moins d'un bord de frottement agencé pour coopérer avec le rouleau lors de son détachement du sabot et tendre ainsi le ruban.Preferably, at least one of the rolls of ribbon is received in a housing the shoe provided with at least one friction edge arranged to cooperate with the roll when it detaches from the shoe and thus tension the ribbon.

Dans ce cas, le logement à bord de frottement comporte avantageusement une languette de frottement à paroi interne rabattue, au delà de la zone de contact du logement et du rouleau dans le plan de détachement du rouleau, de l'autre côté de ce plan.In this case, the housing on the friction edge advantageously comprises a friction tongue with folded internal wall, beyond the contact area of the housing and the roller in the plane of detachment of the roller, on the other side of this plan.

Ainsi, pour détacher les rouleaux du sabot, il faut repousser la languette de frottement, ou de pincement, ce qui permet de tendre le ruban entre les deux rouleaux.So, to detach the rollers from the shoe, you have to push the tab of friction, or pinching, which allows to stretch the ribbon between the two rollers.

L'invention sera mieux comprise à l'aide de la description suivante de plusieurs formes de réalisation du sabot de chargement de l'invention, en référence au dessin annexé sur lequel :

  • la figure 1 est une vue en perspective d'une première forme de réalisation du sabot de chargement de l'invention ;
  • la figure 2 est une vue latérale d'une deuxième forme de réalisation du sabot de l'invention, en position de chargement ;
  • la figure 3 est une vue d'un palier de fixation, dans une imprimante, d'un des rouleaux de ruban du sabot de l'invention et
  • la figure 4 est un détail du sabot de la figure 2.
The invention will be better understood with the aid of the following description of several embodiments of the loading shoe of the invention, with reference to the appended drawing in which:
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of the loading shoe of the invention;
  • Figure 2 is a side view of a second embodiment of the shoe of the invention, in the loading position;
  • FIG. 3 is a view of a fixing bearing, in a printer, of one of the rolls of ribbon of the shoe of the invention and
  • FIG. 4 is a detail of the shoe of FIG. 2.

Le sabot de chargement 1, réalisé ici en polystyrène, a une forme globalement parallélépipédique et comporte, ménagés à partir d'une des grandes faces, deux logements 2 et 3, ici de sections sensiblement semi-circulaires, s'étendant parallèlement l'un à l'autre.The loading shoe 1, made here of polystyrene, has an overall shape parallelepiped and comprises, arranged from one of the large faces, two housings 2 and 3, here of substantially semi-circular sections, extending parallel to each other.

Le logement 2 reçoit, de façon détachable et ici ajustée, un rouleau débiteur 5 d'un ruban 10 d'impression par transfert thermique enroulé autour d'un moyeu 4, et le logement 3 contient de même un moyeu récepteur 6 duquel est solidaire l'extrémité libre 7 du ruban 10 et qui peut quand même être qualifié de rouleau récepteur. Naturellement, sur le sabot 1, le rouleau débiteur 5 est plein et le rouleau récepteur 6 est quasiment vide.The housing 2 receives, detachably and here adjusted, a debtor roller 5 a thermal transfer printing ribbon 10 wound around a hub 4, and the housing 3 likewise contains a receiving hub 6 which is secured to the free end 7 of the ribbon 10 and which can nevertheless be described as take-up roller. Naturally, on shoe 1, the supply roller 5 is full and the take-up roller 6 is almost empty.

Les largeurs d'ouverture des logements 2 et 3 sont légèrement inférieures respectivement aux diamètres du rouleau 5 et du rouleau 6, ce qui, par l'élasticité du matériau du sabot 1, assure la réception et le maintien de ceux-ci tout en permettant de les détacher du sabot 1, dans une direction radiale, par application de forces d'extraction suffisantes. L'entraxe des moyeux 4 et 6 est égal à celui ménagé entre des paliers de fixation d'une imprimante destinée à consommer le ruban 10.The opening widths of slots 2 and 3 are slightly smaller respectively to the diameters of roller 5 and roller 6, which, by the elasticity of the shoe material 1, ensures reception and maintenance thereof while allowing them to be detached from the shoe 1, in a radial direction, by application of sufficient extraction forces. The centers of hubs 4 and 6 are equal to that formed between the fixing bearings of a printer intended for consume the ribbon 10.

Les logements 2 et 3 sont ici ouverts en bout et ont, dans cet exemple, une longueur axiale sensiblement égale à celle du ruban 10. Les moyeux 4 et 6 débordent axialement du sabot 1 par des extrémités de fixation 8, 9 qui sont dégagées et décrites plus en détail en référence à la figure 3.Housing 2 and 3 are here open at the end and in this example have a axial length substantially equal to that of the ribbon 10. The hubs 4 and 6 protrude axially from the shoe 1 by fixing ends 8, 9 which are identified and described in more detail with reference to FIG. 3.

Sur la figure 2, qui illustre l'utilisation du sabot, le sabot 1 est appliqué contre une zone de chargement de ruban d'une imprimante 11. L'imprimante 11 comporte deux paires de paliers 12 et 13, ici en forme de lyre, recevant chacun l'une des extrémités de fixation 8 et 9. Entre les paliers 12 et 13, se trouvent une tête d'écriture 14 et un compresseur 15, ou galet d'écriture ou d'appui, et deux galets de mise en tension 16 et 17 respectivement en amont et en aval de la tête 14.In FIG. 2, which illustrates the use of the shoe, shoe 1 is applied against a ribbon loading area of a printer 11. The printer 11 comprises two pairs of bearings 12 and 13, here in the form of a lyre, each receiving one of the fixing ends 8 and 9. Between the bearings 12 and 13, there are a writing head 14 and a compressor 15, or writing or support roller, and two tensioning rollers 16 and 17 respectively upstream and downstream of the head 14.

Sur la figure 2, le galet d'écriture 15 est représenté en position d'utilisation. Il peut être écarté de cette position fonctionnelle pour permettre l'application du sabot 1 sur l'imprimante 11 et la mise en place, ou le chargement, des rouleaux 5, 6 avec mise en contact du ruban 10 et de la tête d'écriture 14. Le galet 15, après enlèvement du sabot 1, est ensuite rabattu pour presser le ruban 10 contre la tête 14.In FIG. 2, the writing roller 15 is shown in the position of use. he can be moved away from this functional position to allow the application of the shoe 1 on printer 11 and placing, or loading, rollers 5, 6 with the ribbon 10 and the writing head 14 coming into contact. The roller 15, after removing the shoe 1, is then folded down to press the ribbon 10 against the head 14.

Un palier 22, de réception et de maintien, ici par clipsage, d'une extrémité de fixation de moyeu 8, 9, des moyeux 4, 6, est représenté sur la figure 3. Le palier 22 est formé d'une échancrure 23 ménagée à partir d'un bord d'une paroi 21 de l'imprimante 11, en matériau élastique, ici en matière plastique.A bearing 22, for receiving and holding, here by clipping, of one end of fixing hub 8, 9, hubs 4, 6, is shown in Figure 3. The bearing 22 is formed by a notch 23 formed from an edge of a wall 21 of the printer 11, made of elastic material, here made of plastic.

L'échancrure 23 comporte une embouchure évasée 24 prolongée par un canal 25, de largeur légèrement inférieure au diamètre de l'extrémité de fixation considérée 8, 9, qui se termine par un palier 26 proprement dit, de forme générale circulaire. The notch 23 has a flared mouth 24 extended by a channel 25, of width slightly less than the diameter of the fixing end considered 8, 9, which ends with a bearing 26 proper, of shape general circular.

Deux entailles 27 et 28, s'étendant de part et d'autre de l'embouchure 24, du canal 25 et du palier 26, forment avec eux deux languettes élastiques 29 et 30 permettant au canal 25 de s'ouvrir au passage de l'extrémité 8, 9, dans la mesure où une force radiale suffisante est appliquée à cette extrémité 8, 9. Cette force est supérieure à la force d'extraction des moyeux 4, 6 hors du sabot 1, si bien que, l'utilisateur ayant plaqué le sabot 1 sur l'imprimante 11 et ainsi introduit les extrémités de fixation 8, 9 dans leurs paliers 22 respectifs, ces extrémités y restent fixées lors du retrait du sabot 1.Two notches 27 and 28, extending on either side of the mouth 24, of the channel 25 and bearing 26, form with them two elastic tabs 29 and 30 allowing the channel 25 to open at the passage of the end 8, 9, in the measure that sufficient radial force is applied to this end 8, 9. This force is greater than the force of extraction of the hubs 4, 6 from the shoe 1, so that, the user having placed the shoe 1 on the printer 11 and so introduces the fixing ends 8, 9 into their respective bearings 22, these ends remain fixed when the shoe 1 is removed.

Afin d'assurer la tension de ruban 10 après chargement dans l'imprimante 11, il est prévu de faire tourner ici les deux rouleaux 5, 6 lors du retrait du sabot 1. Pour cela, comme illustré sur les figures 2 et 4, un bord des logements se prolonge par une languette de frottement 32, 42 en saillie.In order to ensure the ribbon tension 10 after loading in the printer 11, it provision is made here to rotate the two rollers 5, 6 when the shoe 1 is removed. For this, as illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 4, an edge of the housings is extends by a friction tongue 32, 42 projecting.

En référence à la figure 4, la languette 32 est disposée de façon, lors du chargement, à rester en contact avec le rouleau 5 au début du retrait du sabot 1, dans la direction de la flèche F, et ainsi créer un couple de frottement faisant tourner le rouleau 5 dans le sens d'enroulement du ruban 10.With reference to FIG. 4, the tongue 32 is arranged so, during the loading, to remain in contact with the roller 5 at the start of the shoe removal 1, in the direction of arrow F, and thus create a friction torque making turn the roll 5 in the ribbon winding direction 10.

Le logement 2 assure un maintien du rouleau 5 tant que celui-ci est pincé entre le bord 35 et une zone de contact 36 située près de la base de la languette 32, la zone 36 s'étendant dans le plan de détachement 34 du rouleau 5, parallèle à la flèche F, et la languette 32 étant rabattue de l'autre côté du plan 34.The housing 2 maintains the roller 5 as long as it is pinched between the edge 35 and a contact area 36 located near the base of the tongue 32, the zone 36 extending in the plane of detachment 34 of the roller 5, parallel to the arrow F, and the tongue 32 being folded down on the other side of the plane 34.

De ce fait, lors du détachement du sabot 1, le contact est maintenu entre la paroi de frottement 33 de la languette 32 et le rouleau 5, ce qui le fait tourner, la languette 32 étant repoussée progressivement vers l'extérieur.Therefore, when detaching the shoe 1, contact is maintained between the friction wall 33 of the tongue 32 and the roller 5, which makes it rotate, the tongue 32 being gradually pushed outwards.

Le sabot de l'invention, prêt à l'emploi, est disposé dans une boíte d'emballage ; il peut aussi être mis en capsule ou pochette.The shoe of the invention, ready for use, is placed in a box packing; it can also be put in capsule or pouch.

Avantageusement réalisé en un matériau de faible coût, il est jetable.Advantageously made of a low cost material, it is disposable.

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  1. Shoe (1) for loading a thermal transfer printing ribbon (10) wound, on the one hand, around a hub (4) in an infeed roller (5) and, on the other hand, fixedly attached to the hub of a receiving roller (6), the hubs being provided respectively with fixing ends (8, 9), the two rollers (5, 6) being received and held in a detachable manner in the shoe (1) and the fixing ends (8, 9) of their hubs axially protruding from the shoe (1).
  2. Loading shoe according to claim 1, characterised in that it is disposed in a box.
  3. Loading shoe according to claim 1, characterised in that it is placed in a capsule.
  4. Loading shoe according to one of claims 1 to 3, wherein at least one of the ribbon rollers (5, 6) is received in a housing (2, 3) of the shoe (1) at least provided with a friction edge (33) arranged to cooperate with the roller (5, 6) when it is detached from the shoe (1) and thus to tension the ribbon (10).
  5. Loading shoe according to claim 4, wherein the housing (2) with the friction edge (33) comprises a friction tab (32) with an internal wall (33) folded, beyond the zone (36) of contact between the housing (2) and the roller (5, 6) in the plane (34) of separation of the roller (5, 6), on the other side of this plane (34).
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