EP0658435A1 - Ink ribbon feeding cassette for thermal transfer printer - Google Patents

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EP0658435A1
EP0658435A1 EP94402826A EP94402826A EP0658435A1 EP 0658435 A1 EP0658435 A1 EP 0658435A1 EP 94402826 A EP94402826 A EP 94402826A EP 94402826 A EP94402826 A EP 94402826A EP 0658435 A1 EP0658435 A1 EP 0658435A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J17/00—Mechanisms for manipulating page-width impression-transfer material, e.g. carbon paper
    • B41J17/22—Supply arrangements for webs of impression-transfer material
    • B41J17/24—Webs supplied from reels or spools attached to the machine
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J17/00—Mechanisms for manipulating page-width impression-transfer material, e.g. carbon paper
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  • the field of the invention is that of printers, peripheral printers of central processing units such as printers integrated into printing devices, such as fax machines.
  • Thermal printing printers provided with a head of resistive heating elements, use as printing medium either thermal paper, in rolls, or plain paper in sheets.
  • the field of the invention is, more particularly, that of thermal printing printers using sheets of plain paper, that is to say thermal transfer printing printers.
  • the printing is carried out, under the action of the print head, by transfer of a hot-melt ink previously coated on a support film, the whole forming a printing ribbon.
  • the invention relates to these printing ink ribbons, therefore of a width at least equal to that of the sheets intended to be printed.
  • the present invention aims to propose a completely different solution.
  • the present invention relates to a shoe for loading, in a thermal transfer printing printer, a thermal transfer printing ribbon, the shoe being arranged to receive and detachably hold and in their relative position d use a roll of supply tape and a roll of receiving tape, each provided with fixing means in the printer, the shoe leaving said fixing means released.
  • the loading of the rollers is thus carried out simply, without the user having to touch the ink ribbon and without having to be rejected by anything.
  • the shoe of the invention with its rolls of tape, ready for use, can be placed in a box or put in a capsule or pouch.
  • the shoe can also be disposable.
  • At least one of the rolls of tape is received in a housing of the shoe provided with at least one friction edge arranged to cooperate with the roller during its detachment from the shoe and thus tension the tape.
  • the housing on the friction edge advantageously comprises a friction tongue with a folded internal wall, beyond the contact zone. of the housing and of the roller in the plane of detachment of the roller, on the other side of this plane.
  • the loading shoe 1, made here of polystyrene, has a generally parallelepiped shape and comprises, formed from one of the large faces, two housings 2 and 3, here of substantially semi-circular sections, extending in parallel one to the other.
  • the housing 2 receives, detachably and here adjusted, a supply roll 5 of a thermal transfer printing ribbon 10 wound around a hub 4, and the housing 3 likewise contains a receiving hub 6 of which is integral l free end 7 of the ribbon 10 and which can nevertheless be qualified as a take-up roll.
  • the supply roller 5 is full and the take-up roller 6 is almost empty.
  • the opening widths of the housings 2 and 3 are slightly smaller respectively than the diameters of the roller 5 and the roller 6, which, for the elasticity of the shoe 1 material, ensures the reception and maintenance thereof while allowing to detach them from shoe 1, in a radial direction, by applying sufficient extraction forces.
  • the distance between the hubs 4 and 6 is equal to that between the fixing bearings of a printer intended to consume the ribbon 10.
  • the housings 2 and 3 are here open at the end and have, in this example, an axial length substantially equal to that of the strip 10.
  • the hubs 4 and 6 project axially from the shoe 1 by fixing ends 8, 9 which are released and described in more detail with reference to Figure 3.
  • FIG. 2 which illustrates the use of the shoe
  • shoe 1 is applied against a ribbon loading area of a printer 11.
  • the printer 11 has two pairs of bearings 12 and 13, here in the form of a lyre, each receiving one of the fixing ends 8 and 9. Between the bearings 12 and 13, there is a writing head 14 and a compressor 15, or writing or support roller, and two tensioning rollers 16 and 17 respectively upstream and downstream of the head 14.
  • the writing roller 15 is shown in the position of use. It can be moved away from this functional position to allow the application of the shoe 1 on the printer 11 and the positioning, or loading, of the rollers 5, 6 with contacting the ribbon 10 and the writing head. 14. The roller 15, after removing the shoe 1, is then folded down to press the ribbon 10 against the head 14.
  • a bearing 22, for receiving and holding, here by clipping, of a hub fixing end 8, 9, of the hubs 4, 6, is shown in FIG. 3.
  • the bearing 22 is formed by a notch 23 formed from an edge of a wall 21 of the printer 11, made of elastic material, here made of plastic.
  • the notch 23 has a flared mouth 24 extended by a channel 25, of width slightly less than the diameter of the fixing end considered 8, 9, which ends in a bearing 26 proper, of generally circular shape.
  • This force is greater than the force for extracting the hubs 4, 6 from the shoe 1, so that the user having pressed the shoe 1 on the printer 11 and thus introduced the fixing ends 8, 9 into their respective bearings 22, these ends remain fixed there when the shoe 1 is removed.
  • the tongue 32 is arranged so, during loading, to remain in contact with the roller 5 at the start of the removal of the shoe 1, in the direction of the arrow F, and thus create a friction couple rotating the roller 5 in the direction of winding of the ribbon 10.
  • the housing 2 maintains the roller 5 as long as it is pinched between the edge 35 and a contact area 36 located near the base of the tongue 32, the area 36 extending in the plane of detachment 34 of the roller 5, parallel to arrow F, and the tongue 32 being folded down on the other side of the plane 34.
  • the shoe of the invention ready for use, is placed in a packaging box; it can also be put in capsule or pouch.

Abstract

Cassette (1) for feeding a thermal-transfer printing ribbon (10) in a thermal-transfer printer, the cassette (1) being designed for receiving and for retaining detachably and in their relative position of use a ribbon delivery roller (5) and a ribbon take-up roller (6), each provided with means (8, 9) for fastening in the printer, the cassette (1) leaving the said fastening means (8, 9) disengaged. <IMAGE>

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Le domaine de l'invention est celui des imprimantes, des imprimantes périphériques d'unités centrales comme des imprimantes intégrées à des appareils d'impression, tels que des télécopieurs.The field of the invention is that of printers, peripheral printers of central processing units such as printers integrated into printing devices, such as fax machines.

On connaît principalement deux types d'imprimantes : les imprimantes à impression laser et les imprimantes à impression thermique. Le domaine de l'invention est celui de ces dernières imprimantes. Les imprimantes à impression thermique, pourvues d'une tête d'éléments résistifs chauffants, utilisent comme support d'impression soit du papier thermique, en rouleau, soit du papier ordinaire en feuilles.Two types of printers are mainly known: laser printers and thermal printers. The field of the invention is that of these latter printers. Thermal printing printers, provided with a head of resistive heating elements, use as printing medium either thermal paper, in rolls, or plain paper in sheets.

Le domaine de l'invention est, encore plus particulièrement, celui des imprimantes à impression thermique utilisant des feuilles de papier ordinaire, c'est-à-dire des imprimantes à impression par transfert thermique. L'impression s'effectue, sous l'action de la tête d'impression, par transfert d'une encre thermo-fusible préalablement couchée sur un film support, le tout formant un ruban d'impression. L'invention concerne ces rubans encreurs d'impression, par conséquent d'une largeur au moins égale à celle des feuilles destinées à être imprimées.The field of the invention is, more particularly, that of thermal printing printers using sheets of plain paper, that is to say thermal transfer printing printers. The printing is carried out, under the action of the print head, by transfer of a hot-melt ink previously coated on a support film, the whole forming a printing ribbon. The invention relates to these printing ink ribbons, therefore of a width at least equal to that of the sheets intended to be printed.

La mise en place précise de ces rubans très fins dans une imprimante implique une manipulation lourde de précautions si on ne veut pas gaspiller de longueur tout en assurant une tension correcte des rubans.The precise placement of these very fine ribbons in a printer involves a heavy handling of precautions if one does not want to waste length while ensuring a correct tension of the ribbons.

On a déjà proposé de disposer, dans une imprimante, d'un berceau intermédiaire et amovible agencé pour recevoir un rouleau de ruban débiteur et un rouleau de ruban récepteur, par clipsage de leurs moyeux, la mise en place ou le chargement des rouleaux sur le berceau s'effectuant assez aisément après avoir retiré le berceau de l'imprimante et avant de l'y remettre en place. Mais une telle solution, avec berceau amovible, ne peut convenir que pour des imprimantes de relativement grande taille.It has already been proposed to have, in a printer, an intermediate and removable cradle arranged to receive a roll of supplying tape and a roll of receiving tape, by clipping their hubs, placing or loading the rollers on the cradle is done quite easily after removing the cradle from the printer and before replacing it. But such a solution, with a removable cradle, can only be suitable for relatively large printers.

La présente invention vise à proposer une tout autre solution.The present invention aims to propose a completely different solution.

A cet effet, la présente invention concerne un sabot de chargement, dans une imprimante à impression par transfert thermique, d'un ruban d'impression par transfert thermique, le sabot étant agencé pour recevoir et maintenir de façon détachable et dans leur position relative d'utilisation un rouleau de ruban débiteur et un rouleau de ruban récepteur pourvus, chacun, de moyens de fixation dans l'imprimante, le sabot laissant lesdits moyens de fixation dégagés.To this end, the present invention relates to a shoe for loading, in a thermal transfer printing printer, a thermal transfer printing ribbon, the shoe being arranged to receive and detachably hold and in their relative position d use a roll of supply tape and a roll of receiving tape, each provided with fixing means in the printer, the shoe leaving said fixing means released.

Il suffit donc, pour le chargement des rouleaux dans l'imprimante, de prendre le sabot, de le présenter de manière à introduire les rouleaux dans l'imprimante et d'engager leurs moyens de fixation dans les moyens de fixation correspondants de l'imprimante pour y fixer avec précision les rouleaux, avant de dégager le sabot, sans les rouleaux, grâce au caractère détachable du maintien des rouleaux dans le sabot.It is therefore sufficient, for loading the rollers into the printer, to take the shoe, to present it so as to introduce the rollers into the printer and to engage their fixing means in the corresponding fixing means of the printer. for precisely fixing the rollers, before releasing the shoe, without the rollers, thanks to the detachable nature of the retention of the rollers in the shoe.

Le chargement des rouleaux s'effectue ainsi simplement, sans que l'utilisateur n'ait à toucher le ruban encreur et sans qu'il n'ait à être rebuté par quoi que ce soit.The loading of the rollers is thus carried out simply, without the user having to touch the ink ribbon and without having to be rejected by anything.

Naturellement, le chargement des rouleaux dans l'imprimante, doit s'effectuer après avoir dégagé le "compresseur", ou le galet d'écriture ou d'appui, de la tête d'impression avec laquelle il doit coopérer mécaniquement en cours d'impression.Naturally, the loading of the rollers into the printer must be carried out after having released the "compressor", or the writing or support roller, from the printing head with which it must cooperate mechanically during impression.

Le sabot de l'invention, avec ses rouleaux de ruban, prêt à l'emploi, peut être disposé dans une boîte ou mis en capsule ou pochette.The shoe of the invention, with its rolls of tape, ready for use, can be placed in a box or put in a capsule or pouch.

Le sabot peut être également jetable.The shoe can also be disposable.

De préférence, au moins l'un des rouleaux de ruban est reçu dans un logement du sabot pourvu au moins d'un bord de frottement agencé pour coopérer avec le rouleau lors de son détachement du sabot et tendre ainsi le ruban.Preferably, at least one of the rolls of tape is received in a housing of the shoe provided with at least one friction edge arranged to cooperate with the roller during its detachment from the shoe and thus tension the tape.

Dans ce cas, le logement à bord de frottement comporte avantageusement une languette de frottement à paroi interne rabattue, au delà de la zone de contact du logement et du rouleau dans le plan de détachement du rouleau, de l'autre côté de ce plan.In this case, the housing on the friction edge advantageously comprises a friction tongue with a folded internal wall, beyond the contact zone. of the housing and of the roller in the plane of detachment of the roller, on the other side of this plane.

Ainsi, pour détacher les rouleaux du sabot, il faut repousser la languette de frottement, ou de pincement, ce qui permet de tendre le ruban entre les deux rouleaux.Thus, to detach the rollers from the shoe, it is necessary to push back the friction or pinching tab, which makes it possible to tension the ribbon between the two rollers.

L'invention sera mieux comprise à l'aide de la description suivante de plusieurs formes de réalisation du sabot de chargement de l'invention, en référence au dessin annexé sur lequel :

  • la figure 1 est une vue en perspective d'une première forme de réalisation du sabot de chargement de l'invention ;
  • la figure 2 est une vue latérale d'une deuxième forme de réalisation du sabot de l'invention, en position de chargement ;
  • la figure 3 est une vue d'un palier de fixation, dans une imprimante, d'un des rouleaux de ruban du sabot de l'invention et
  • la figure 4 est un détail du sabot de la figure 2.
The invention will be better understood with the aid of the following description of several embodiments of the loading shoe of the invention, with reference to the appended drawing in which:
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of the loading shoe of the invention;
  • Figure 2 is a side view of a second embodiment of the shoe of the invention, in the loading position;
  • FIG. 3 is a view of a fixing bearing, in a printer, of one of the rolls of ribbon of the shoe of the invention and
  • FIG. 4 is a detail of the shoe of FIG. 2.

Le sabot de chargement 1, réalisé ici en polystyrène, a une forme globalement parallélépipédique et comporte, ménagés à partir d'une des grandes faces, deux logements 2 et 3, ici de sections sensiblement semi-circulaires, s'étendant parallèlement l'un à l'autre.The loading shoe 1, made here of polystyrene, has a generally parallelepiped shape and comprises, formed from one of the large faces, two housings 2 and 3, here of substantially semi-circular sections, extending in parallel one to the other.

Le logement 2 reçoit, de façon détachable et ici ajustée, un rouleau débiteur 5 d'un ruban 10 d'impression par transfert thermique enroulé autour d'un moyeu 4, et le logement 3 contient de même un moyeu récepteur 6 duquel est solidaire l'extrémité libre 7 du ruban 10 et qui peut quand même être qualifié de rouleau récepteur. Naturellement, sur le sabot 1, le rouleau débiteur 5 est plein et le rouleau récepteur 6 est quasiment vide.The housing 2 receives, detachably and here adjusted, a supply roll 5 of a thermal transfer printing ribbon 10 wound around a hub 4, and the housing 3 likewise contains a receiving hub 6 of which is integral l free end 7 of the ribbon 10 and which can nevertheless be qualified as a take-up roll. Naturally, on shoe 1, the supply roller 5 is full and the take-up roller 6 is almost empty.

Les largeurs d'ouverture des logements 2 et 3 sont légèrement inférieures respectivement aux diamètres du rouleau 5 et du rouleau 6, ce qui, par l'élasticité du matériau du sabot 1, assure la réception et le maintien de ceux-ci tout en permettant de les détacher du sabot 1, dans une direction radiale, par application de forces d'extraction suffisantes. L'entraxe des moyeux 4 et 6 est égal à celui ménagé entre des paliers de fixation d'une imprimante destinée à consommer le ruban 10.The opening widths of the housings 2 and 3 are slightly smaller respectively than the diameters of the roller 5 and the roller 6, which, for the elasticity of the shoe 1 material, ensures the reception and maintenance thereof while allowing to detach them from shoe 1, in a radial direction, by applying sufficient extraction forces. The distance between the hubs 4 and 6 is equal to that between the fixing bearings of a printer intended to consume the ribbon 10.

Les logements 2 et 3 sont ici ouverts en bout et ont, dans cet exemple, une longueur axiale sensiblement égale à celle du ruban 10. Les moyeux 4 et 6 débordent axialement du sabot 1 par des extrémités de fixation 8, 9 qui sont dégagées et décrites plus en détail en référence à la figure 3.The housings 2 and 3 are here open at the end and have, in this example, an axial length substantially equal to that of the strip 10. The hubs 4 and 6 project axially from the shoe 1 by fixing ends 8, 9 which are released and described in more detail with reference to Figure 3.

Sur la figure 2, qui illustre l'utilisation du sabot, le sabot 1 est appliqué contre une zone de chargement de ruban d'une imprimante 11. L'imprimante 11 comporte deux paires de paliers 12 et 13, ici en forme de lyre, recevant chacun l'une des extrémités de fixation 8 et 9. Entre les paliers 12 et 13, se trouvent une tête d'écriture 14 et un compresseur 15, ou galet d'écriture ou d'appui, et deux galets de mise en tension 16 et 17 respectivement en amont et en aval de la tête 14.In FIG. 2, which illustrates the use of the shoe, shoe 1 is applied against a ribbon loading area of a printer 11. The printer 11 has two pairs of bearings 12 and 13, here in the form of a lyre, each receiving one of the fixing ends 8 and 9. Between the bearings 12 and 13, there is a writing head 14 and a compressor 15, or writing or support roller, and two tensioning rollers 16 and 17 respectively upstream and downstream of the head 14.

Sur la figure 2, le galet d'écriture 15 est représenté en position d'utilisation. Il peut être écarté de cette position fonctionnelle pour permettre l'application du sabot 1 sur l'imprimante 11 et la mise en place, ou le chargement, des rouleaux 5, 6 avec mise en contact du ruban 10 et de la tête d'écriture 14. Le galet 15, après enlèvement du sabot 1, est ensuite rabattu pour presser le ruban 10 contre la tête 14.In FIG. 2, the writing roller 15 is shown in the position of use. It can be moved away from this functional position to allow the application of the shoe 1 on the printer 11 and the positioning, or loading, of the rollers 5, 6 with contacting the ribbon 10 and the writing head. 14. The roller 15, after removing the shoe 1, is then folded down to press the ribbon 10 against the head 14.

Un palier 22, de réception et de maintien, ici par clipsage, d'une extrémité de fixation de moyeu 8, 9, des moyeux 4, 6, est représenté sur la figure 3. Le palier 22 est formé d'une échancrure 23 ménagée à partir d'un bord d'une paroi 21 de l'imprimante 11, en matériau élastique, ici en matière plastique.A bearing 22, for receiving and holding, here by clipping, of a hub fixing end 8, 9, of the hubs 4, 6, is shown in FIG. 3. The bearing 22 is formed by a notch 23 formed from an edge of a wall 21 of the printer 11, made of elastic material, here made of plastic.

L'échancrure 23 comporte une embouchure évasée 24 prolongée par un canal 25, de largeur légèrement inférieure au diamètre de l'extrémité de fixation considérée 8, 9, qui se termine par un palier 26 proprement dit, de forme générale circulaire.The notch 23 has a flared mouth 24 extended by a channel 25, of width slightly less than the diameter of the fixing end considered 8, 9, which ends in a bearing 26 proper, of generally circular shape.

Deux entailles 27 et 28, s'étendant de part et d'autre de l'embouchure 24, du canal 25 et du palier 26, forment avec eux deux languettes élastiques 29 et 30 permettant au canal 25 de s'ouvrir au passage de l'extrémité 8, 9, dans la mesure où une force radiale suffisante est appliquée à cette extrémité 8, 9. Cette force est supérieure à la force d'extraction des moyeux 4, 6 hors du sabot 1, si bien que, l'utilisateur ayant plaqué le sabot 1 sur l'imprimante 11 et ainsi introduit les extrémités de fixation 8, 9 dans leurs paliers 22 respectifs, ces extrémités y restent fixées lors du retrait du sabot 1.Two notches 27 and 28, extending on either side of the mouth 24, of the channel 25 and of the bearing 26, form with them two elastic tabs 29 and 30 allowing the channel 25 to open on the passage of the end 8, 9, insofar as a sufficient radial force is applied to this end 8, 9. This force is greater than the force for extracting the hubs 4, 6 from the shoe 1, so that the user having pressed the shoe 1 on the printer 11 and thus introduced the fixing ends 8, 9 into their respective bearings 22, these ends remain fixed there when the shoe 1 is removed.

Afin d'assurer la tension de ruban 10 après chargement dans l'imprimante 11, il est prévu de faire tourner ici les deux rouleaux 5, 6 lors du retrait du sabot 1. Pour cela, comme illustré sur les figures 2 et 4, un bord des logements se prolonge par une languette de frottement 32, 42 en saillie.In order to ensure the ribbon tension 10 after loading into the printer 11, provision is made here to rotate the two rollers 5, 6 during the removal of the shoe 1. For this, as illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 4, a edge of the housings is extended by a protruding friction tongue 32, 42.

En référence à la figure 4, la languette 32 est disposée de façon, lors du chargement, à rester en contact avec le rouleau 5 au début du retrait du sabot 1, dans la direction de la flèche F, et ainsi créer un couple de frottement faisant tourner le rouleau 5 dans le sens d'enroulement du ruban 10.Referring to Figure 4, the tongue 32 is arranged so, during loading, to remain in contact with the roller 5 at the start of the removal of the shoe 1, in the direction of the arrow F, and thus create a friction couple rotating the roller 5 in the direction of winding of the ribbon 10.

Le logement 2 assure un maintien du rouleau 5 tant que celui-ci est pincé entre le bord 35 et une zone de contact 36 située près de la base de la languette 32, la zone 36 s'étendant dans le plan de détachement 34 du rouleau 5, parallèle à la flèche F, et la languette 32 étant rabattue de l'autre côté du plan 34.The housing 2 maintains the roller 5 as long as it is pinched between the edge 35 and a contact area 36 located near the base of the tongue 32, the area 36 extending in the plane of detachment 34 of the roller 5, parallel to arrow F, and the tongue 32 being folded down on the other side of the plane 34.

De ce fait, lors du détachement du sabot 1, le contact est maintenu entre la paroi de frottement 33 de la languette 32 et le rouleau 5, ce qui le fait tourner, la languette 32 étant repoussée progressivement vers l'extérieur.Therefore, during the detachment of the shoe 1, the contact is maintained between the friction wall 33 of the tongue 32 and the roller 5, which makes it rotate, the tongue 32 being gradually pushed outwards.

Le sabot de l'invention, prêt à l'emploi, est disposé dans une boîte d'emballage; il peut aussi être mis en capsule ou pochette.The shoe of the invention, ready for use, is placed in a packaging box; it can also be put in capsule or pouch.

Avantageusement réalisé en un matériau de faible coût, il est jetable.Advantageously made of a low cost material, it is disposable.

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Sabot de chargement (1), dans une imprimante à impression par transfert thermique, d'un ruban (10) d'impression par transfert thermique, le sabot (1) étant agencé pour recevoir et maintenir de façon détachable et dans leur position relative d'utilisation un rouleau de ruban débiteur (5) et un rouleau de ruban récepteur (6) pourvus, chacun, de moyens (8, 9) de fixation dans l'imprimante, le sabot (1) laissant lesdits moyens de fixation (8, 9) dégagés.Loading shoe (1), in a thermal transfer printing printer, of a thermal transfer printing ribbon (10), the shoe (1) being arranged to detachably receive and hold in their relative position d use of a roll of supplying tape (5) and a roll of receiving tape (6) each provided with means (8, 9) for fixing in the printer, the shoe (1) leaving said fixing means (8, 9) cleared. Sabot de chargement selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait qu'il est disposé dans une boîte.Loading shoe according to claim 1, characterized in that it is arranged in a box. Sabot de chargement selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait qu'il est mis en capsule.Loading shoe according to claim 1, characterized in that it is placed in a capsule. Sabot de chargement selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé par le fait qu'il est jetable.Loading shoe according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that it is disposable. Sabot de chargement selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, dans lequel au moins l'un des rouleaux de ruban (5, 6) est reçu dans un logement (2, 3) du sabot (1) pourvu au moins d'un bord de frottement (33) agencé pour coopérer avec le rouleau (5 ; 6) lors de son détachement du sabot (1) et tendre ainsi le ruban (10).Loading shoe according to one of Claims 1 to 4, in which at least one of the rolls of tape (5, 6) is received in a housing (2, 3) of the shoe (1) provided with at least one friction edge (33) arranged to cooperate with the roller (5; 6) when it detaches from the shoe (1) and thus tension the ribbon (10). Sabot de chargement selon la revendication 5, dans lequel le logement (2) à bord de frottement (33) comporte une languette de frottement (32) à paroi interne (33) rabattue, au delà de la zone (36) de contact du logement (2) et du rouleau (5, 6) dans le plan (34) de détachement du rouleau (5, 6), de l'autre côté de ce plan (34).Loading shoe according to claim 5, in which the housing (2) with friction edge (33) has a friction tongue (32) with an inner wall (33) folded down, beyond the zone (36) of contact with the housing (2) and the roller (5, 6) in the plane (34) for detaching the roller (5, 6), on the other side of this plane (34).
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