Typewriting machines – Typing by other than type-face or type-die – Thermal
Patent
1996-05-17
1997-09-30
Burr, Edgar S.
Typewriting machines
Typing by other than type-face or type-die
Thermal
40012001, 347197, B41J 2315
Patent
active
056720173
ABSTRACT:
A thermal printer which is designed to reduce costs by reducing the number of parts, and which can easily drive a carriage using an inexpensive low-power drive motor by reducing a load acting on the part of the carriage which carries a thermal head. The carriage is provided so as to travel reciprocatively along a platen. A thermal head is directly attached to the opposite side of the carriage to the platen without any intervening member. A biasing member is disposed for urging the carriage toward the platen.
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IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 20 No. J.D. Hall and G.H. Pennell Nov. 1977.
Alps Electric Co. ,Ltd.
Bever Patrick T.
Burr Edgar S.
Ghatt Dave A.
Shoup Guy W.
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