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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5158015 | Compact print wheel printer with life extended character selection capability A print wheel printer of the type having a print wheel spring extension releasably engaged in a primary indent formed in the circumferential surface of the print wheel shaft is provided with relative angular surface relationships for the spring indent or ... | 10/27/1992 |
| 4810115 | Character selecting mechanism A character selecting mechanism for a printer having a plurality of type wheel units arranged axially on a shaft. The character selecting mechanism comprises a plurality of electromagnetic clutches each having a solenoid, a sleeve rotatably received in th... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4709630 | Printing wheel setting and aligning apparatus Apparatus for printing any line of characters comprises printing wheels on a common shaft, the wheels on the shaft together defining a printing line over a hammer. Each printing wheel is rotated by a respective stepping motor through a respective setting ... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4706562 | Printing mechanism having one electromagnetic selector for two type rings A printing mechanism comprising a rotary shaft, a first type ring mounted on the rotary shaft and provided on the circumference thereof with first typefaces, a first selection ratchet wheeljoined to the first type ring and provided on the circumference th... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4683819 | Compact printer with hammer structure within type drum A compact printer having a cylindrical support member and a type carrier member externally affixed to the support member. A type printing assembly is disposed within the type drum for causing characters on the type carrier member to print. A motor for rot... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4484520 | Compact printer with clutch In a compact printer provided with a type wheel having a type belt wound on a cylindrically formed base, a hammer mechanism contained within the type wheel, and a DC motor for operating the type wheel and a paper feed mechanism, the rotational force from ... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4452137 | Small-sized printer A printer for printing a row of characters on a recording medium. The printer includes at least first and second type rings having types disposed on the periphery thereof which are rotatable from a reset position to a print position. First and second pawl... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4424743 | Printing device of type ring selection system Improvement in the printing device of a type ring selection system, wherein each independent type ring for each numerical place is rotationally controlled to select a required type on the outer periphery of each type ring at a position opposite to a plate... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4398461 | Small printer A printer of small overall size includes a plurality of typing wheels on the periphery of which are provided letters characters or symbols. At a printing position, a selection mechanism selects one of the plurality of letters, characters or symbols on eac... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4393770 | Printer with printing drum A table calculator provided with printer is disclosed. The printer comprises a printing drum having a group of odd digit types and a group of even digit types arranged shifted from each other in the direction of line. A pulse generator generates timing pu... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4380195 | Type setting device for printers A type setting device for printers, comprising a drive motor, a drive gear mounted on a rotary shaft and rotated by the drive motor, a type wheel having a plurality of type elements and rotatably mounted on the rotary shaft, a first spring clutch interpos... | 04/19/1983 |
| 4373439 | Character ring-selecting type printer Character rings mounted on a common shaft and having a plurality of circumferential character columns thereon, are opposed by a platen including recessed portions. A recessed portion faces non-printing character columns when the platen presses against one... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4358694 | Selectably positionable rotary transducers A selectably positionable rotary transducer including a first member having at least one permanent magnet associated therewith and a second member arranged for rotational motion relative to the first member in a first plane, the second member defining an ... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4350092 | Parallel-wheel printers A compact print wheel position sensing device for parallel-wheel printers includes pairs of optoelectronic printed circuit emitters 22 and receivers 24 arranged in two lines inside and outside, respectively, a tubular shaft 21 provided with radial holes 2... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4303013 | Micro-printer with unitary plastic frame A light-weight micro-printer including a one piece molded plastic main frame is provided. The printer frame includes two substantially parallel side frames spaced apart from each other a distance of the width of a print paper with integrally molded suppor... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4284003 | Printer with a plurality of electrically controlled print wheels An electric printer which allows sure printing which depends on identity ween the orders given on the keyboard and the movement of the printing wheel. It includes means for uncoupling the drive shaft from the wheel and two sensors one of which indicates ... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4276824 | Driving and braking system for an electronic embossing machine This invention relates to a driving and braking system for an electronically controlled embossing machine of the type having a rotatable drum that carries embossing dies. A drive motor is provided for rotating the drum and a brake is included for stopping... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4270448 | Printing device In a printing device including rotatable character wheels having type characters on the surface thereof and a selection mechanism for selectively bringing a character to a printing position, a drive means is provided for moving the selection mechanism. Co... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4258624 | Miniaturized printer A small-sized printer having print characters circumferentially disposed around a plurality of print rings rotating by a motor on a common shaft, includes a detector comprised of an integrated circuit board rotating on the same shaft. The rotating circuit... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4257324 | Position monitoring methods and apparatus Methods and apparatus for ascertaining movement of a device from a first position to a second position couple a ratchet member and pawl combination to that movable device. Clicks indicative of the movement of the device are generated by effecting relative... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4244290 | Miniature printer A miniature printer includes character rings, each having a series of characters on the outer periphery thereof and teeth on a side surface thereof for selection of a character to be printed. The shaft carrying the character rings also has mounted thereon... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4220082 | Print wheel selection mechanism A print wheel selection mechanism operates to sequentially enter into a plurality of print wheels digits to be printed by initially entering the highest order digit into the lowest order or right-most print wheel or vice versa. During the next sequence, t... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4182240 | Printer control assembly A small sized printer wherein the duration of the print cycle and the sequence of printing operations, during a print cycle, is controlled. The printer includes a plurality of print characters circumferentially disposed therearound, the print characters b... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4175488 | Printer A printer having a print command circuit adapted to provide a print command signal, to thereby begin each print cycle is provided. The printer further includes a character ring having print characters circumferentially positioned therearound, each print c... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4170937 | Miniaturized printer control assembly A miniaturized printer wherein the duration of each print cycle, the sequence of printing operations performed in each print cycle and the time between each print cycle is controlled by a detecting arrangement. The detecting arrangement is adapted to dete... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4165687 | Printing equipment and method of operation thereof A small-sized printing apparatus which operates at a low noise level and provides good printing quality includes a plurality of printing rings, each having type characters on the peripheral surface thereof. The printing rings are mounted on a shaft which ... | 08/28/1979 |
| 4164181 | Printer An improved printer comprising a plurality of character rings provided with a plurality of characters on the respective peripheries thereof and corresponding pluralities of ratchet wheels and pawls. Each ratchet wheel is radially mounted on a character ri... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4161912 | Miniature printer A miniature printer especially suitable for use in a small calculator or the like, utilizes the energy released from a spring storage means to power the printing, paper feeding, and inking operations. The energy is stored by the spring from either manual ... | 07/24/1979 |
| 4152982 | Miniature printer A miniature printer especially for use in a small calculator or the like, of the type in which a plurality of character wheels are carried on a rotating drive shaft. The speed of rotation of the drive shaft can be varied so that its speed during character... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4104967 | Line printer Line printer having a plurality of rotatable printing rings coaxially arranged adjacent each other and carrying on the peripheries thereof a plurality of characters for the printing and a movable roller pad adapted to abut against the printing rings at th... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4040345 | Ticket advance and printer mechanism A mechanism for handling a ticket, as for a public transportation system or the like, in which the ticket has a known original value that is updated after each use by a printed visual readout and a magnetically recorded coded record. The mechanism receive... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4015521 | Character printing apparatus Apparatus for printing characters on a printout surface comprise a shaft having a longitudinal axis, a plurality of curved segments mounted side by side on the shaft for individual angular movement about the axis, each of the segments having a series of c... | 04/05/1977 |
| 3983805 | Printer with sequentially actuated printing means A printer for printing characters on a printable medium. The printer contains a plurality of printing actuators which are selectively energized from a power supply to print the characters. Control circuitry in the printer receives character codes and ener... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3973488 | Printing unit particularly intended for price labelling machines A printing unit particularly intended for price labelling machines, comprising annular printing wheels supporting matrices at their outer periphery and equidistantly spaced notches at their inner periphery into which notches engages a rod to advance the w... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3967550 | Squeeze printer for papers or stacks of papers of varying thicknesses A squeeze type printer for papers or stacks of papers having varying thicknesses wherein a printing platen is advanced to impress the paper against type bearing members by a yieldably driven cam element connected in series with a positively driven cam ele... | 07/06/1976 |
| 3954055 | Parallel printer A parallel printer including an improved reset mechanism for resetting a ratchet and pawl mechanism after printing, is provided. An axially rotatable shaft having notched portions associated with each pawl effects a pivoting of each pawl out of engagement... | 05/04/1976 |
| 3954054 | Squeeze printer for papers or stacks of papers of varying thicknesses A squeeze printer for papers or stacks of papers of varying thicknesses wherein a plurality of printing platens are provided comprising individual flexible wall sections of a paper supporting chute which will accommodate different thicknesses of paper or ... | 05/04/1976 |
