ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,154, issued on April 14, was assigned to Toshiba Tec K.K. (Tokyo).
"Printer apparatus" was invented by Toshihiro Sone (Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an embodiment, a printer apparatus includes a guide member that guides an ink ribbon and a print sheet nipped by a thermal head and a platen roller and guides only the ink ribbon after the printing towards the winding reel. The printer apparatus further includes a sheet-like elastic member attached to a surface of surfaces in contact with the ink ribbon of the guide member, the surface guiding only the ink ribbon after the printing towards the wind...