GB2482167B - Tape drive and method of operation of a tape drive - Google Patents

Tape drive and method of operation of a tape drive

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Publication number
GB2482167B
GB2482167B GB1012314.9A GB201012314A GB2482167B GB 2482167 B GB2482167 B GB 2482167B GB 201012314 A GB201012314 A GB 201012314A GB 2482167 B GB2482167 B GB 2482167B
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tape drive
tape
drive
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GB1012314.9A
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GB201012314D0 (en
GB2482167A (en
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Starkey Simon
Lakin Phillip
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Markem Imaje Industries Ltd
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Markem Imaje Industries Ltd
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Priority to GB1012314.9A priority Critical patent/GB2482167B/en
Publication of GB201012314D0 publication Critical patent/GB201012314D0/en
Priority to PCT/GB2011/051384 priority patent/WO2012010901A1/en
Priority to EP11738271.3A priority patent/EP2595815B1/en
Priority to CN201180030397.3A priority patent/CN102958702B/zh
Priority to JP2013520220A priority patent/JP2013537508A/ja
Priority to US13/810,529 priority patent/US8665301B2/en
Publication of GB2482167A publication Critical patent/GB2482167A/en
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Publication of GB2482167B publication Critical patent/GB2482167B/en
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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
    • B41J33/00—Apparatus or arrangements for feeding ink ribbons or like character-size impression-transfer material
    • B41J33/14—Ribbon-feed devices or mechanisms
    • 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
    • B41J33/00—Apparatus or arrangements for feeding ink ribbons or like character-size impression-transfer material
    • B41J33/14—Ribbon-feed devices or mechanisms
    • B41J33/16—Ribbon-feed devices or mechanisms with drive applied to spool or spool spindle
    • 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
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/315—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material
    • B41J2/32—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
    • B41J2/325—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads by selective transfer of ink from ink carrier, e.g. from ink ribbon or sheet
    • 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
    • B41J33/00—Apparatus or arrangements for feeding ink ribbons or like character-size impression-transfer material
    • B41J33/14—Ribbon-feed devices or mechanisms
    • B41J33/34—Ribbon-feed devices or mechanisms driven by motors independently of the machine as a whole
    • 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
    • B41J35/00—Other apparatus or arrangements associated with, or incorporated in, ink-ribbon mechanisms
    • B41J35/04—Ink-ribbon guides
    • B41J35/08—Ink-ribbon guides with tensioning arrangements
GB1012314.9A 2010-07-22 2010-07-22 Tape drive and method of operation of a tape drive Active GB2482167B (en)

Priority Applications (6)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB1012314.9A GB2482167B (en) 2010-07-22 2010-07-22 Tape drive and method of operation of a tape drive
JP2013520220A JP2013537508A (ja) 2010-07-22 2011-07-21 テープ装置及びテープ装置の動作方法
EP11738271.3A EP2595815B1 (en) 2010-07-22 2011-07-21 Tape drive and method of operation of a tape drive
CN201180030397.3A CN102958702B (zh) 2010-07-22 2011-07-21 带驱动器及操作带驱动器的方法
PCT/GB2011/051384 WO2012010901A1 (en) 2010-07-22 2011-07-21 Tape drive and method of operation of a tape drive
US13/810,529 US8665301B2 (en) 2010-07-22 2011-07-21 Tape drive and method of operation of a tape drive

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB1012314.9A GB2482167B (en) 2010-07-22 2010-07-22 Tape drive and method of operation of a tape drive

Publications (3)

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GB201012314D0 GB201012314D0 (en) 2010-09-08
GB2482167A GB2482167A (en) 2012-01-25
GB2482167B true GB2482167B (en) 2016-06-08

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US (1) US8665301B2 (enExample)
EP (1) EP2595815B1 (enExample)
JP (1) JP2013537508A (enExample)
CN (1) CN102958702B (enExample)
GB (1) GB2482167B (enExample)
WO (1) WO2012010901A1 (enExample)

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US5573202A (en) * 1994-02-24 1996-11-12 Gemplus Card International System and method for controlling the winding of a ribbon on a receiver reel
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GB2400582A (en) * 2000-09-11 2004-10-20 Zipher Ltd Transfer printer having ribbon spool drive motors controlled such that the motors drive the ribbon in the direction of ribbon transport
US20060266869A1 (en) * 2005-05-25 2006-11-30 Man Roland Druckmaschinen Ag Method and apparatus for transferring a tape by spooling
GB2448305A (en) * 2007-03-07 2008-10-15 Zipher Ltd Tension monitoring and control in a tape drive
GB2449676A (en) * 2007-05-31 2008-12-03 Zipher Ltd Printing apparatus having a controller configured to provide control signals in response to comparing measured with predetermined criterion

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US4015799A (en) * 1975-11-14 1977-04-05 International Business Machines Corporation Adaptive reel-to-reel tape control system
US5573202A (en) * 1994-02-24 1996-11-12 Gemplus Card International System and method for controlling the winding of a ribbon on a receiver reel
GB2400582A (en) * 2000-09-11 2004-10-20 Zipher Ltd Transfer printer having ribbon spool drive motors controlled such that the motors drive the ribbon in the direction of ribbon transport
WO2003029013A1 (en) * 2001-09-28 2003-04-10 Zipher Limited Tape drive
US20060266869A1 (en) * 2005-05-25 2006-11-30 Man Roland Druckmaschinen Ag Method and apparatus for transferring a tape by spooling
GB2448305A (en) * 2007-03-07 2008-10-15 Zipher Ltd Tension monitoring and control in a tape drive
GB2449676A (en) * 2007-05-31 2008-12-03 Zipher Ltd Printing apparatus having a controller configured to provide control signals in response to comparing measured with predetermined criterion

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EP2595815B1 (en) 2017-01-25
US8665301B2 (en) 2014-03-04
GB201012314D0 (en) 2010-09-08
CN102958702A (zh) 2013-03-06
CN102958702B (zh) 2016-01-13
EP2595815A1 (en) 2013-05-29
JP2013537508A (ja) 2013-10-03
WO2012010901A1 (en) 2012-01-26
US20130113870A1 (en) 2013-05-09
GB2482167A (en) 2012-01-25

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