Printing – Selective or progressive – Bed and platen machines
Patent
1990-05-04
1992-05-19
Burr, Edgar S.
Printing
Selective or progressive
Bed and platen machines
101 9317, 101 9318, 400152, B41J 132
Patent
active
051137593
ABSTRACT:
A latch mechanism for a small-size printer capable of performing a printing operation with a desired type on a rotatable type drum being held at a print position by impacting a hammer towards the type drum across a recording paper loaded therebetween. The latch mechanism comprises a group of type drums composed of type drums of three digits each comprising a lock groove wheel for fixing one type drum selected among three drums at a print position by one type selection operation; a group of lock levers movable between its initial non-print position and its print position, which is disposed so as to correspond to each of the type drums, and constantly biased by a lock lever spring toward the lock groove wheel to lock the type drum in a print position; and a group of lock lever holding means capable of actuating the lock lever by being attracted by an electromagnet. Thus, since the lock groove wheel of each type drum has a predetermined alignment, it is possible to select on desired type drum from a plurality of type drums by one type selection operation. By a repetition of this type selection operation, the types of plural digits can be selected by a single electromagnet.
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Astec Inc.
Burr Edgar S.
Citizen Watch Co. Ltd.
Keating Joseph R.
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