Claims
- 1. An ink ribbon cartridge for use in a printer having a platen and a print head cooperable with the platen, the ink ribbon cartridge comprising: a cartridge housing, an ink ribbon supply roll having a tubular core onto which an ink ribbon has been wound, the core having an inner surface, means within the cartridge housing for mounting a roll of spent ink ribbon, means disposed solely within the core for applying a braking force to the core, the braking means including a brake member, and the brake member having a frictional outer surface acting on the inner surface of the core for applying a braking force to the core.
- 2. An ink ribbon as defined in claim 1, wherein the brake member comprises a tubular sleeve.
- 3. An ink ribbon cartridge for use in a printer having a platen and a print head cooperable with the platen for printing on a web of record members, the ink ribbon cartridge comprising: a cartridge housing, means for mounting a supply roll of ink ribbon in the cartridge housing, the supply roll having a core with an inner surface, means for mounting a roll of spent ink ribbon in the cartridge housing, braking means disposed solely within the core for applying a braking force to the inner surface of the core, and wherein the braking means includes a frictional member cooperable with the inner surface of the core.
- 4. An ink ribbon cartridge as defined in claim 3, wherein the mounting means for the supply roll includes a stationary shaft within the cartridge housing, and the frictional member is on the shaft.
- 5. An ink ribbon cartridge for use in a printer, the cartridge comprising: a cartridge housing having a pair of housing sections, an ink ribbon supply roll having a tubular core onto which an ink ribbon has been wound, means for connecting the housing sections to each other, means disposed solely within the core for applying a braking force to the core, the braking means including a brake member disposed adjacent the connecting means, and the brake member having a frictional outer surface for applying a braking force to the inside of the core.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 08/699,643 filed Aug. 19, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,772,341, which is a division of application Ser. No. 08/431,999 filed May 1, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,785,442, which is a division of application Ser. No. 08/137,660 filed Oct. 15, 1993, now abandoned. Application Ser. No. 08/320,884 filed Oct. 5, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,597,249, is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/137,660 filed Oct. 15, 1993. Application Ser. No. 09/069,377 filed Apr. 28, 1998 is a division of application Ser. No. 08/431,999. Application Ser. No. 08/522,184, filed Aug. 31, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,588,756 is a division of application Ser. No. 08/137,660.
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