Typewriting machines – Including adjustment for optimum printing plane – By adjustment of carriage
Patent
1981-11-03
1983-06-28
Crowder, Clifford D.
Typewriting machines
Including adjustment for optimum printing plane
By adjustment of carriage
400 55, 400 57, B41J 2500, B41J 2900
Patent
active
043902928
ABSTRACT:
Means are disclosed for use in a line printer having a print head on a carriage traversing parallel to a platen for printing characters through an inked ribbon onto a print medium drawn between the ribbon and platen. The inventive means provide for adjusting the print head position. Bracket means slidably mounted on the carriage provide for movement of the bracket toward and away from the platen. The bracket provides for mounting the print head on the carriage. A bracket adjusting member consisting of a lever in the preferred embodiment is coupled between the carriage and the bracket for manual adjustment of the spacing of the print head with respect to the platen. Pointer means are pivotally mounted on the carriage engage the bracket such that bracket movement and hence print head movement is translated into pointer movment, providing for a gross indication by means of indicia beneath the pointer of print head location with respect to the platen. Thus the spacing between print head and the platen can be adjusted by the bracket adjusting member for print media of different thicknesses.
REFERENCES:
Blaskonic, et al., "Forms Thickness Adjusting Device", IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 24, No. 11A, Apr. 1982, p. 5429.
Crowder Clifford D.
Zenith Radio Corporation
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