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Multifunctional cassette with web brake for a printer

  • US 4,764,041 A
  • Filed: 01/23/1987
  • Issued: 08/16/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/30/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A multifunctional cassette for a printer comprising a first chamber in which a cylindrical take-up reel can be journalled for rotation on an axis and a second chamber in which a cylindrical supply reel can be journalled for rotation on an axis parallel to the axis of said take-up reel, said cassette including a window which is located between the first and the second chambers and extends from a first cassette side to an opposite second cassette side thereby forming an opening in the cassette which is accessible from outside said cassette on each of said two sides, said cassette also including a third chamber for storing a data strip with a flat surface and two side edges and a releasable brake means for said data strip, said brake means being accessible for release through said window, said brake means including an elongated pin located at each side edge of said data strip stored in said third chamber, each said pin having a frictional surface, each said pin for engaging with its frictional surface said data strip stored in said third chamber along a narrow border on the flat surface thereof along an associated side edge.

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