Patent · US Expired

Rotary electrical printer and method

US4100551A · kind A · utility

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19Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 9, 1975
Grant dateJul 11, 1978
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 9, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01D15/08
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The printer records images in the form of dots on electrical discharge-sensitive paper. Three groups of five styli are mounted on a rotor. The paper is in strip form and is fed continuously through a curved guide in a direction perpendicular to the plane of rotation of the rotor, so that the paper is wrapped part-way around the rotor as it moves past. Characters are formed from a 5 dot by 7 dot matrix.

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