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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5964542 | Carriage system with variable belt tension A carriage drive system includes a timing belt pivotally anchored to a carriage. A drive motor rotates the timing belt, moving the carriage along a carriage path. The drive belt moves along a pair of pulleys. A first pulley is coupled to the motor's drive... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5779376 | Printer carriage drive with movably mounted motor Disclosed is an improved printer and carriage drive mechanism. The carriage motor is mounted at a first side of the printer chassis, and an idler pulley is mounted at a second side of the chassis. The carriage also has a pair of idler pulleys. A single fl... | 07/14/1998 |
| 4542998 | Character set printing means utilizing rolling pressure contact for printing A printing apparatus is provided which utilizes rolling pressure contact for printing, and includes a plurality of sets of serially arranged character elements mounted for movement on the external surface of a printing drum. Movement of the sets to place ... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4445797 | Impact control for carrier mounted serial printers A printing device in a typewriter including a rocker bracket turned in a direction of printing by a cam rotated when a key is pressed, a type head vertically movable and rotatably supported by the rocker bracket, a vertically movable pulley and rotatable ... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4332488 | Device for the control of the position of the type carrying element in typewriters A device for controlling the positioning of a single element type-carrier for typewriters or the like comprises a plurality of kinematic chains, each comprising a transverse rod connected with sliding elements fitted with cam windows suitable to control, ... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4109778 | Transmission mechanism, notably for typewriters Angular displacements of a rotary member in, for example, a typewriter are controlled by moving a guide roller to shorten and lengthen the path of an elongate flexible member attached at one end to a rotatable stationary pulley and at its other end to an ... | 08/29/1978 |
| 3983984 | Ball and groove motion converting apparatus and typewriter selection apparatus embodying same A selection mechanism is disclosed which greatly simplifies the selection controls for a single element typewriter and thereby adapts it for inexpensive manufacture and reliable operation. A single continuous groove in the cylindrical periphery of a rotat... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3963109 | Single element typehead positioning mechanism A non-homing positioning mechanism to effect type selective movements of a single element typehead by means of coordinate band systems wherein the coordinate band systems are cntrolled by a translator comprising a four armed cross-shaped member unidirecti... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3954163 | High speed printer with intermittent print wheel and carriage movement A high-speed printer with a printing wheel with the individual type elements supported by radially extending spokes. Separate servo systems provide intermittent movement for the printing wheel and the carriage carrying the printing wheel.... | 05/04/1976 |
| 3941228 | Electromagnetically operated printer A printer, suitable for operation by an electric computer, includes a traveling carriage. The carriage carries a type-head that is vertically and rotatably shiftable to properly orient a type element for printing. Movement of the carriage, as well as vert... | 03/02/1976 |
