Typewriting machines – Including adjustment for optimum printing plane – Responsive to thickness of record-medium
Patent
1975-08-04
1979-03-13
Pieprz, William
Typewriting machines
Including adjustment for optimum printing plane
Responsive to thickness of record-medium
400 58, 400124, 101 9302, B41J 1120
Patent
active
041439775
ABSTRACT:
A platen assembly for a print station apparatus, which comprises first and second indepently movable platen units for holding recording medium so as to compensate for thickness of the medium, a third platen unit interposed between the first and second platen units and independently movable from the first and second platen units, the third platen unit having a minimum length necessary for holding the centerfold of the medium, and first and second springs secured to the first and second platen units and biasing the third platen unit toward a guide of the print station apparatus.
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Kunita Masao
Kurihara Tohio
Mizutani Nagao
Nojima Masamitsu
Okawara Yasuo
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