Computer printer carriage control apparatus including an encodin

Details Computer printer carriage control apparatus including an encodin Computer printer carriage control apparatus including an encodin

1981-10-16

1983-11-22

Wright, Jr., Ernest T.

Typewriting machines

Means auxiliary to typewriting function

Indicator means

4001961, 400229, 400320, B41J 2942

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044165609

ABSTRACT:
There is disclosed a carriage control apparatus for a serial, impact computer printer. The carriage control apparatus comprises an encoder disk mounted for rotation on the carriage and having a coded pattern on its periphery, a photo sensor (and associated light source) for detecting the coded pattern and a drive means, preferably a serpentine toothed belt attached at each end to the printer's side frames that engages a sprocket wheel attached to the encoder disk to rotate the encoder disk in a fixed relationship to the carriage's position along the line of print of the printer.

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IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, "Printer Transport Motion Impedance Protection", Rigotti et al., vol. 22, No. 6, Nov. 1979, pp. 2433-2435.

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