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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4717269 | Electronic typewriter An electronic typewriter having a carriage which is automatically returned upon entering of space data through one operation of a space key on a keyboard, which space data is to be executed within an automatic-carriage-return zone which consists of a desi... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4493570 | Control system for impact printer In an impact printing apparatus including a carriage which carries a rotary type element, the length of time required for a motor drive system for the carriage stop hunting and stabilize at a desired printing position depends on variables including the di... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4490055 | Automatically adjustable delay function for timed typamatic A typewriter is described which has an electronic keyboard utilizing a timed delay to determine whether a depressed key is indicative of the desire to print or display repetitive letters represented by that key. The typewriter is provided with a technique... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4323888 | Keyboard system with variable automatic repeat capability A keyboard system having a plurality of actuable keys is coupled through a central processing unit to an indicia accessing unit for accessing indicia corresponding to said keys. An automatic repeat circuit also interconnects the keyboard system with the c... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4189246 | Variable print-hammer control for on-the-fly-printing A rotatable print disc is mounted on a carrier which traverses along the print line. The disk is moved from each character position to the next by the shortest distance and it is stopped at the time of printing. The carrier is moved from one print positio... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4044880 | High speed wheel printer and method of operation A print wheel is rotatably mounted on a carrier driven by a stepper motor to traverse the print line of a document. The wheel contains two or more arrays of characters with preferred characters most commonly used in each array and a number of lesser-used ... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4026401 | Circuitry for generating a plurality of independent ink print control signals Variable alpha/numeric data is printed by a plurality of ink jets and registered in aligned relationship with fixed data printed on a moving web in response to a first time dependent signal representative of the position of the alpha/numeric data. A plura... | 05/31/1977 |
| 3945482 | Orthogonal input keyboards Orthogonal ten-finger keyboards are disclosed for typewriters, computer terminals, and other devices processing alphanumeric information that maximize entry rates and stroking accuracy--and minimize finger motions and the time needed to master the keyboar... | 03/23/1976 |
