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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5174665 | Ink-supply system for a dot matrix printer An ink-supply system for a dot matrix printer including an ink-supply tank having an ink-supply delivery port and an ink absorbing member having at least two separate porous members disposed as stacked layers, one of the porous members which is closer to ... | 12/29/1992 |
| 4749291 | Inking system for wire dot matrix printer An inking system comprising an ink vessel removably mounted on a nose portion of a wire dot matrix printer. The ink vessel is stationarily connected to a capillary path member for transferring ink reserved within the ink vessel to the rear surface of a be... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4491433 | Venting and ink recycling device The ink supply container disclosed herein is adapted for use with a moving carriage printer and controls foaming of a liquid ink in the container by providing, at the top of the container, a well having a sloping floor. Foamed ink is communicated to the w... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4400102 | Multi-color print head A dot matrix impact printer for printing a plurality of colors substantially simultaneously. A print head is comprised of three spaced substantially parallel columns of print wires, each column containing an equal number of print wires. Separate independe... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4279519 | Dot matrix printing device employing novel image transfer technique for printing on single ply or multiple ply print receiving media A dot matrix impact printer having print wires reciprocating within a print head. A bearing guides printing tips in the nose of the print head. Liquid printing material stored within a container adjacent to the print head is delivered by a wick from the c... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4194846 | Dot matrix printing device employing a novel image transfer technique to print on single or multiple ply print receiving materials A printer having at least one reciprocally mounted printing member controlled to impact against a printing surface by selective energization of an associated printing driving member. The forward end of the member is guided by a bearing. Ink from a supply ... | 03/25/1980 |
