Typewriting machines – Pocket typewriter
Patent
1998-08-24
2000-07-25
Hilten, John S.
Typewriting machines
Pocket typewriter
B41J 336
Patent
active
060929413
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides an image forming apparatus that can be used not only as a normal printing device wherein images are formed on a print medium fed automatically by a feeding mechanism, but also as a manual printing device whereby an image can be formed on a print object that cannot be fed by the feeding mechanism. In the inventive image forming apparatus, when a print head is mounted on a carriage driven back and forth in a body case of the apparatus, the apparatus functions as a normal printing device. Control signals from a central control unit and electric power from a power source is sent or supplied to the print head via a cable that is flexible and long enough to allow the print head to be operated manually outside the body case of the apparatus. The apparatus may further include a guide having a longitudinal opening for receiving the print head, whereby not only the manual printing is facilitated but also the quality of the manual printing is enhanced.
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Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Hilten John S.
Nolan, Jr. Charles H.
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