Lubrication system for a print hammer mechanism and assembly

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1990-02-26

1991-07-16

Burr, Edgar S.

Printing

Selective or progressive

Bed and platen machines

4001571, B41J 900

Patent

active

050315269

ABSTRACT:
A passive lubrication system for use in a high speed print hammer mechanism to provide continuous lubrication to all print hammers over the lifetime of the mechanism. A plurality of hammer elements are pivotally engaged by a common pivot pin element. The lubrication system comprises a hammer block and a reservoir block both made of sintered material and each containing a supply of lubricant. The hammer block supplies lubrication to the pivot pin/hammer element bearing interfaces by capillary action. The reservoir block in turn supplies lubricant to the hammer block by capillary action to replenish the supply of lubricant as depleted in the hammer block. The reservoir block has a porous microstructure in which the porosity is at least equal to but preferably in coarser than the porosity of the porous microstructure of the hammer block. In a high speed printer having plural hammer mechanisms, the lubrication system comprises a single reservoir block adapted for supplying lubricant simultaneously by capillary action to plural hammer blocks each containing a supply of lubricant and supplying lubricant to plural pivot pin elements by capillary action. In a printer having a hammer unit comprising multiple hammer mechanisms arranged in a single row, the lubrication system comprises multiple reservoir blocks each supplying lubricant simultaneously by capillary action to plural hammer blocks each of which supplies lubricant by capillary action to a pivot pin element which pivotally engages a plurality of spaced hammer elements all of which are arranged in a row.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4557192 (1985-12-01), Dollenmayer
patent: 4756246 (1988-07-01), Kotasek et al.
patent: 4896596 (1990-01-01), Helinski
IBM Technical Disclosure, "Lubrication Delivery Method for Print Hammers," vol. 31, No. 10, Mar. 1989.
IBM Technical Disclosure, "Lubrication Method for Print Hammers," vol. 31, No. 10, Mar. 1989.

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