Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
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A recording medium package for use in combination with a heat transfer printer having a thermal print head, which comprises: a plurality of recording sheets; an ink ribbon; a feed spool wound with said ink ribbon; a take-up spool for winding said ink ribbon; a cassette containing the plurality of recording sheets in a pile, provided with pressing means for continually applying pressure to the pile of the plurality of recording sheets to bias the pile of the plurality of recording sheets toward the front thereof, rotatably supporting said feed spool and said take-up spool so that said ink ribbon is extended along and in front of the surface of the top sheet of the pile of the plurality of recording sheets, and adapted to be loaded in the printing station of the heat transfer printer so that the pile of the plurality of recording sheets is located opposite to the thermal print head of the heat transfer printer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A recording medium package for use in combination with a heat transfer printer having a thermal print head, which comprises: a plurality of recording sheets; an ink ribbon; a feed spool wound with said ink ribbon; a take-up spool for winding said ink ribbon; a cassette containing the plurality of recording sheets in a pile, provided with pressing means for continually applying pressure to the pile of the plurality of recording sheets to bias the pile of the plurality of recording sheets toward the front thereof, rotatably supporting said feed spool and said take-up spool so that said ink ribbon is extended along and in front of the surface of the top sheet of the pile of the plurality of recording sheets, and adapted to be loaded in the printing station of the heat transfer printer so that the pile of the plurality of recording sheets is located opposite to the thermal print head of the heat transfer printer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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A recording medium package according to claim 1, wherein said ink ribbon is formed by coating one side of a base strip with a fusible ink.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
A recording medium package according to claim 1, wherein said ink ribbon is formed by coating one side of a base strip with a hot-sublimable ink.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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A recording medium package according to claim 1, wherein said ink ribbon is formed by coating one side of a base strip with a plurality of fusible inks of different colors in color sections successively arranged lengthwise in a fixed sequence.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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A recording medium package according to claim 1, wherein said ink ribbon is formed by coating one side of a base strip with a plurality of hot-sublimable inks of different colors in color sections successively arranged lengthwise in a fixed sequence.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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A recording medium package according to claim 1, wherein said ink ribbon has a sufficient length to print all the recording sheets contained in said cassette.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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A recording medium package according to claim 1, wherein said cassette comprises: a recording sheet case formed substantially in the shape of a box capable of containing the pile of said plurality of recording sheets, having an ejecting opening for ejecting said recording sheets one by one therethrough, a recess for exposing a portion of the top sheet among said plurality of recording sheets to the ejecting means of the heat transfer printer, and an opening formed in the front wall thereof so as to expose the top recording sheet among said plurality of recording sheets to the thermal print head of the heat transfer printer; and an ink rippon case formed substantially in the shape of a frame capable of rotatably supporting said feed spool and said take-up spool so that said ink ribbon is extended between said feed spool and said take-up spool along the surface of the top recording sheet among the plurality of recording sheets and opposite to the thermal print head of the heat transfer printer when the cassette is loaded in the printing station of the heat transfer printer, said ink ribbon case being joined pivotally at one end thereof to one end of said recording sheet case so that said recording sheet case and said ink ribbon case can be turned relative to each other.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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A recording medium package according to claim 7, wherein said recording sheet case and said ink ribbon case can be separated from each other.