Patent · US Expired

Drive for the movable portion of a printer

US3951249A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 18, 1974
Grant dateApr 20, 1976
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Expiry dateNov 18, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J19/20
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A tape driving device in which the tape is helically wound around an axially displaceable cylinder. On rotation of the cylinder one end of the tape is taken up and the other is unwound at the same angle with respect to the cylinder. A remote guide roller is adapted to be locked in at least two positions to produce slack in the tape, which permits controlling a functional structure mounted on the carriage without affecting the movement of the carriage.

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