Printing – Selective or progressive – Printing members
Patent
1978-05-24
1980-07-01
Coughenour, Clyde I.
Printing
Selective or progressive
Printing members
101 9314, 400 59, B41J 120
Patent
active
042100763
ABSTRACT:
A printing apparatus comprising a stationary frame structure having accommodated therewithin a plurality of printing hammers arranged in a row, a tiltable support structure positioned in front of the frame structure and rotatable about an axis fixed on the frame structure, a type carrier movable on the support structure partially along a straight travelling path extending in parallel with the row of the printing hammers and forming an elongated clearance between the travelling path and the row of the printing hammers, position retaining means for holding the support structure in an inoperative position having the travelling path of the type carrier spaced wider apart from the row of the printing hammers, clearance adjusting means for minutely adjusting the above mentioned clearance depending upon the thickness of the printing sheet or sheets to be printed at a time, and cam means providing a mechanical and functional intervention between the position retaining and clearance adjusting means.
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Sugano Kazuo
Yamamoto Takahiro
Coughenour Clyde I.
Hitachi Koki Company Limited
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