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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5478158 | Output apparatus having a rotatable type wheel There is an output apparatus which prints and outputs onto an ink ribbon in an electronic typewriter or the like. This output apparatus comprises: an output head to output a desired character through an ink ribbon; a cassette in which the ink ribbon is en... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5224416 | Electronic postage meter assembly enabling connection of any printwheel-setting motor connector to any printwheel-setting motor A postage meter comprises a non-volatile memory and a microcomputer in communication with the non-volatile memory and a plurality of stepper motors. Positioning commands from the microcomputer are directed to the plurality of stepper motors and includes a... | 07/06/1993 |
| 4875788 | Postage meter printwheel setting apparatus The printwheel setting apparatus comprises a voice coil motor having a magnet reciprocating in a coil which magnet is connected by a flexible link to a picker link for advancing the printwheel. The picker link has a picker cam which cooperates with a cam ... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4852482 | Automatic printwheel setting system A printwheel setting mechanism suitable for automatic daters or other printwheel units comprises a verge drive for each printwheel and a solenoid travelling on a carriage which is selectively positionable actuating any one of the verge drives. The verge d... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4846715 | Postage meter voice coil motor printwheel setting assembly A voice coil motor assembly for a voice coil motor printwheel setting apparatus comprises a plate having the voice coil motor coils mounted thereon. The plate is adapted for attachment to a printed circuit board by pins electrically connected to the voice... | 07/11/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4804282 | 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... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4496253 | Impact hammer The inventor discloses a hammer assembly suited for use in generating impact for printers, such as printers using daisy-wheels. The assembly comprises an electromagnetic assembly for selectively producing an electromagnetic field across an air gap. A hamm... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4225252 | Character selection for single element printer There is disclosed a selection mechanism for a single element printer comprising an operating link connected with the print element for the driving rotation thereof and having a first and a second input portion, and a modifying member having the link moun... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4066160 | Single element imprinting assembly with inertially and kinematically independent motion controls A single element imprinting assembly of the disk, cylindrical or spherical type for use in typewriters and the like is provided with a stationary printing assembly having kinematically independent controls for character selection and imprinting movements ... | 01/03/1978 |
| 3990562 | Serial printer A serial printer is described which includes a platen, a printer head, a mechanism for selecting one desired type out of a plurality of types on the printer head, a mechanism for joining a printer head shaft and an output shaft of the type selector, a pus... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3952853 | Vertical shift mechanism A pair of electromagnets, each including pole faces separated by an air gap, cooperate with a permanent bar magnet, the ends of which extend into the electromagnet air gaps. Polarization of the electromagnets causes the bar magnet to shift into four possi... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3945479 | Electric nameplate marker Marking dial in an electrically actuated nameplate marker is indexed by a ratchet gear means having two adjacent rows of gear teeth which are out of phase relative to each other. A solenoid-actuated detent plate is adapted to engage a gear tooth in one of... | 03/23/1976 |
| 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 |
