Printing – Selective or progressive – Bed and platen machines
Patent
1980-04-21
1982-08-10
Burr, Edgar S.
Printing
Selective or progressive
Bed and platen machines
101100, B41J 900
Patent
active
043432433
ABSTRACT:
A hand-operated printer is disclosed which is suitable for imprinting ZIP codes on letters. The printer includes a printing lever which supports a printing head. Where only the numerals 0-9 need be printed, the printing head includes a printing wheel having raised type numerals thereon and a reading wheel geared to the printing wheel for selecting the numeral to be printed. Where a variety of characters must be printed, for example, the letters of the alphabet, the printing head includes a printing tape having raised type characters thereon and a reading tape geared to the printing tape for selecting the character to be printed. A clamping member is pivotally connected to one end of the printing lever and includes an aperture located opposite the printing head. The clamping member supports an inked ribbon which extends over the aperture. The clamping member is also pivotally connected to a base, and the article to be imprinted is clamped between the base and the clamping member when the printing lever is depressed. The clamping member includes a ratchet mechanism for advancing the inked ribbon each time an article is imprinted. The inked ribbon may carry conventional ink or a special ink (e.g., magnetic, fluorescent, etc.).
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Gentry Dorothy I.
Ludwig Walter F.
Burr Edgar S.
Gentry Dorothy I.
Heinz A.
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