JPS62216779A - Film ribbon - Google Patents

Film ribbon

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Publication number
JPS62216779A
JPS62216779A JP5925386A JP5925386A JPS62216779A JP S62216779 A JPS62216779 A JP S62216779A JP 5925386 A JP5925386 A JP 5925386A JP 5925386 A JP5925386 A JP 5925386A JP S62216779 A JPS62216779 A JP S62216779A
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Japan
Prior art keywords
film
ribbon
ink
upper half
face side
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Pending
Application number
JP5925386A
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Japanese (ja)
Inventor
Eiji Matsuoka
英治 松岡
Morihisa Kawahara
盛久 川原
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Fujitsu Ltd
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Fujitsu Ltd
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Priority to JP5925386A priority Critical patent/JPS62216779A/en
Publication of JPS62216779A publication Critical patent/JPS62216779A/en
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41JTYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J33/00Apparatus or arrangements for feeding ink ribbons or like character-size impression-transfer material
    • B41J33/02Ribbon arrangements
    • B41J33/10Arrangements of endless ribbons

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  • Impression-Transfer Materials And Handling Thereof (AREA)

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a film ribbon which can be used in an ordinary loop form ribbon cassette and is economical, by applying an ink to the face side of the upper half in the width direction of a belt form film and to the back side of the lower half of the film, and joining the ends of the film in a Mobius loop strip. CONSTITUTION:A film ribbon 11 is produced by applying an ink 13 to the face side of the upper half in the width direction of a belt form film 12, applying an ink 14 to the back side of the lower half of the film 12, and joining the ends of the film 12 in a Mobius loop strip. The film ribbon 11 is reversed face side back each time it makes a round, and the inks 13, 14 are applied respectively to the face side of the upper half and the back side of the lower half of the film 12. Therefore, at the same position (e.g., the upper half position) of the film ribbon 11 between projected parts 29, 30 where the ribbon 11 is used for printing, the ink 13 and the ink 14 appear alternately each time the ribbon makes a round. Accordingly, the useful life of the ribbon is about two times that in the case of using the ribbon in a single loop form, and an economical advantage is obtained.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 〔概要〕 本発明はプリンタ用フィルムリボンの効率的使用を可能
とすることを目的としたもので、フィルムリボンをメビ
ウスタイプのエンドレスリボンカセットで使用できるよ
うにして目的の達成を図っている。
[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] The purpose of the present invention is to enable efficient use of film ribbons for printers. We are trying to achieve this.

〔産業上の利用分野〕[Industrial application field]

本発明はプリンタ用フィルムリボンに関するものである
The present invention relates to a film ribbon for printers.

フィルムリボンはシャープな印字が可能なため最近広く
使用されるようになってきている。
Film ribbons have recently become widely used because they allow for sharp printing.

〔従来の技術〕[Conventional technology]

第5図は従来のフィルムリボンlの斜視図、第6図は第
5図のVI−VI断面図である。フィルムリボンlは、
フィルム2の片面にインク3を塗布してなり、単純なル
ープ状にして、あるいはスプール方式で使用される。
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a conventional film ribbon l, and FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line VI-VI in FIG. Film ribbon l is
It is made by applying ink 3 to one side of a film 2, and is used in a simple loop shape or in a spool type.

〔発明が解決しようとする問題点〕[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

ところで、一般的に使用されているエンドレスリボンカ
セットは通常メビウスタイプである。このタイプのエン
ドレスリボンカセットに上記のような断面のエンドレス
フィルムリボンを収納して印字を行う場合には、従来は
、リボンをメビウスループ状で使用するためにリボンを
1806反転させるカセット内の反転機構を用いず、単
純なループにしてフィルムの幅方向の上半分あるいは下
半分のみを使用して印字を行っていた。これは、インク
が半分しか使用されず、コスト的に不利である。
By the way, commonly used endless ribbon cassettes are usually Möbius type. When printing by storing an endless film ribbon with the above-mentioned cross-section in this type of endless ribbon cassette, conventionally, a reversing mechanism in the cassette was used to invert the ribbon 1806 degrees in order to use the ribbon in a Möbius loop shape. Printing was performed using only the upper or lower half of the film in the width direction using a simple loop. This is disadvantageous in terms of cost since only half of the ink is used.

〔問題点を解決するための手段〕[Means for solving problems]

本考案は上述の問題点を解決することのできるフィルム
リボンを提供するもので、そのための手段として、次の
構成を採用している。
The present invention provides a film ribbon that can solve the above-mentioned problems, and the following configuration is adopted as a means for that purpose.

すなわち、本発明のフィルムリボンは、帯状フィルムの
幅方向の上半分の表側にインクを塗布するとともに、 該フィルムの下半分の裏側にインクを塗布し、該フィル
ムをメビウスループ状に接続して構成されている。
That is, the film ribbon of the present invention is constructed by applying ink to the front side of the upper half of a strip-shaped film in the width direction, applying ink to the back side of the lower half of the film, and connecting the films in a Möbius loop shape. has been done.

〔作用〕[Effect]

このような構成のフィルムリボンを一般のエンドレスリ
ボンカセットに収納して使用する場合、反転機構により
リボンを一巡毎に■80°反転させて使用することが可
能になり、−巡毎に表側にインクと裏側のインクを交互
に使用して印字が行われる。従って、従来単純ループで
使用していた場合に比べて、寿命が倍になり、コスト的
に有利である。
When using a film ribbon with such a configuration stored in a general endless ribbon cassette, the reversing mechanism makes it possible to invert the ribbon by 80 degrees every round, and ink is printed on the front side at every round. Printing is performed using the ink on the back side and the ink on the back side alternately. Therefore, compared to the conventional case of using a simple loop, the life span is doubled and it is advantageous in terms of cost.

〔実施例〕〔Example〕

以下、第1図乃至第4図に関連して本発明の詳細な説明
する。
The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

第1図は本発明に係るフィルムリボンを示す断面図、第
2図は同斜視図である。フィルムリボン11は、第1図
に示すように、帯状フィルム12の幅方向の上半分の表
側(第1図の左側)にインク13を塗布するとともに、
フィルム12の下半分の裏側(第1図の右側)にインク
14を塗布し、該フィルム12を第2図に示すようにメ
ビウスループ状に接続して構成されている。
FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a film ribbon according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view thereof. As shown in FIG. 1, the film ribbon 11 is coated with ink 13 on the front side (left side in FIG. 1) of the upper half of the widthwise direction of the strip-shaped film 12.
Ink 14 is applied to the back side of the lower half of the film 12 (on the right side in FIG. 1), and the film 12 is connected in a Möbius loop shape as shown in FIG. 2.

このような構成のフィルムリボン11は、一般のメビウ
スタイプのエンドレスリボンカセットに使用した場合に
優れた効果を奏するものである。
The film ribbon 11 having such a structure exhibits excellent effects when used in a general Möbius type endless ribbon cassette.

第3図はこの種のエンドレスリボンカセットを使用する
プリンタの概要を示す平面図で、図中、21はプラテン
、22は印字ヘッド、23はインジケータ、24はマス
ク、25はエンドレスリボンカセット、26はリボンガ
イドである。印字ヘッド22と、マスク24が取り付け
られたインジケータ23は、図示しないキャリアに取り
付けられ、該キャリアとともに、矢印A−A ’方向に
移動するようになっている。エンドレスリボンカセット
25の詳細は、第4図に示す通りで、フィルムリボン1
1はこのリボンカセット25のケース27に収納されて
いる。フィルムリボン11は、送りローラ28により駆
動されてケース27の一方の突出部29内を通りケース
27内に引き込まれ、両突出部29.30の間の収納部
31内に交互に折たたんで収納される。この収納された
フィルムリボン11は、送りローラ28の移送力により
突出部30内を通り外部に操り出されるが、収納部31
の出口付近に設けられた反転機構(図示省略)により1
806反転された後突出部30内に進入する。すなわち
、フィルムリボン11はリボン−巡毎に180°反転さ
れ、しかもインク13.14は上述のようにフィルム1
2の表裏の上下に塗布されているので、印字に供される
突出部29.30の間のフィルムリボン11の同じ位置
、例えば上半分には、リボン−巡毎にインク13とイン
ク14が交互に現れることになる。従って、従来単純ル
ープで使用していた場合に比べて寿命が倍程度と長くな
り、コスト的に有利である。
FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the outline of a printer using this type of endless ribbon cassette. In the figure, 21 is a platen, 22 is a print head, 23 is an indicator, 24 is a mask, 25 is an endless ribbon cassette, and 26 is a It is a ribbon guide. The print head 22 and the indicator 23 to which the mask 24 is attached are attached to a carrier (not shown) and are adapted to move together with the carrier in the direction of arrow AA'. The details of the endless ribbon cassette 25 are as shown in FIG.
1 is housed in the case 27 of this ribbon cassette 25. The film ribbon 11 is driven by the feed roller 28 and drawn into the case 27 through one protrusion 29 of the case 27, and is folded alternately into the storage section 31 between the two protrusions 29,30. It will be stored. The stored film ribbon 11 is pushed out through the protrusion 30 by the transporting force of the feed roller 28.
1 by a reversing mechanism (not shown) installed near the exit of
806 Enter into the protrusion 30 after being reversed. That is, the film ribbon 11 is reversed 180 degrees with each ribbon cycle, and the ink 13, 14 is inverted on the film 1 as described above.
Since the ink 13 and the ink 14 are coated on the top and bottom of the front and back sides of the film ribbon 11, the ink 13 and the ink 14 are applied alternately in each ribbon cycle at the same position of the film ribbon 11 between the protrusions 29 and 30 used for printing, for example, in the upper half. It will appear in Therefore, the lifespan is about twice as long as in the conventional case of using a simple loop, which is advantageous in terms of cost.

なお、第3図のプリンタにおける印字は、印字ヘッド2
2を移動させるとともに、フィルムリボン11を移送し
、所定時機に印字ヘッド22を作動させることにより行
われる。第3図では用紙を省略している。
Note that printing in the printer shown in Fig. 3 is performed using the print head 2.
2, the film ribbon 11 is transferred, and the print head 22 is operated at a predetermined time. In FIG. 3, paper is omitted.

〔発明の効果〕〔Effect of the invention〕

以上述べたように、本発明によれば、メビウスタイプの
一般のエンドレスリボンカセットに使用可能でコスト的
に有利なフィルムリボンを得ることができる。
As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a film ribbon that can be used in a general Möbius type endless ribbon cassette and is advantageous in terms of cost.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of drawings]

第1図は本発明の実施例のフィルムリボンを示す断面図
、 第2図は同斜視図、 第3図は本発明を適用するプリンタの概要を示す平面図
、 第4図は第3図のエンドレスリボンカセットの詳細を示
す斜視図、 第5図は従来のフィルムリボンの斜視図、第6図は第5
図のvr−vr断面図で、図中、 11はフィルムリボン、 12は帯状フィルム、 13.14はインク、 25はメビウスタイプエンドレスリボンカセットである
FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a film ribbon according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view thereof, FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an outline of a printer to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. A perspective view showing details of an endless ribbon cassette, FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a conventional film ribbon, and FIG.
In the figure, 11 is a film ribbon, 12 is a strip-shaped film, 13 and 14 are ink, and 25 is a Möbius type endless ribbon cassette.

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】 帯状フィルムの幅方向の上半分の表側にインクを塗布す
るとともに、 該フィルムの下半分の裏側にインクを塗布し、該フィル
ムをメビウスループ状に接続してなることを特徴とする
フィルムリボン。
[Claims] Ink is applied to the front side of the upper half of the strip-shaped film in the width direction, and ink is applied to the back side of the lower half of the film, and the films are connected in a Möbius loop shape. film ribbon.
JP5925386A 1986-03-19 1986-03-19 Film ribbon Pending JPS62216779A (en)

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JP5925386A JPS62216779A (en) 1986-03-19 1986-03-19 Film ribbon

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP5925386A JPS62216779A (en) 1986-03-19 1986-03-19 Film ribbon

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JPS62216779A true JPS62216779A (en) 1987-09-24

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Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5062725A (en) * 1990-08-14 1991-11-05 Franz Buettner Ag Typewriter or printer ribbon and method for its manufacture

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5062725A (en) * 1990-08-14 1991-11-05 Franz Buettner Ag Typewriter or printer ribbon and method for its manufacture
JPH0497876A (en) * 1990-08-14 1992-03-30 Franz Buettner Ag Ink ribbon and manufacture thereof

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