| 摘要 |
A ribbon cartridge for use in impact type printers such as line printers, typewriters an, fie-dot printers. The ribbon cartridge includes a housing having a bottom wall portion, a re-inking assembly provided in a re-inking compartment within the housing for re-inking a ribbon, a ribbon storage compartment for storing the ribbon, and a ribbon drive assembly provided within the housing for advancing the ribbon. The ribbon drive assembly includes a toothed transfer-drive gear assembly and an idler gear assembly for engagement with the toothed transfer-drive gear assembly. In one embodiment of the present invention, the ribbon cartridge has a partition wall separating between the re-inking compartment and the ribbon storage compartment, and the toothed transfer-drive gear assembly has a vertical wall portion defining a part of the partition wall. A first engaging device is provided adjacent the partition wall and affixed to the bottom wall portion of the housing, and a second engaging device provided on the toothed transfer-drive gear assembly for removably engaging the first engaging device.
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