Form band alignment device for a form printer

US4251162A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Kienzle Apparate GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Heinrich Kammerer · Königsfeld, DE
• Heinz Niess · St. Georgen, DE
• Walter Schunggart · Villingen, DE
• Ruprecht Flugge · Bad Lippspringe, DE
• Hermann Kilb · Brigachtal, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 29, 1978
• Grant date: Feb 17, 1981
• Expiry date: Mar 29, 1998

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41J15/04
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A perforated form band is introduced into a form printer through an input passage or shaft. The passage is formed by spaced walls and is pivotally mounted on the printer for movement between an input position and a working position. In the input position, a form band is introduced into and aligned within the input passage. In one embodiment, the leading end of the form band contacts transversely extending stop surfaces, while in another the leading end of the form band is aligned with an indicating mark and the perforations on the form band engage with projections in the input passage. With the form band aligned, the input passage is moved into the working position engaging the perforations in the form band on pins projecting outwardly from sprocket wheels which drive the form band through the printer. In the working position of the input passage, the form band no longer contacts the stop surfaces or engages the projections used in the aligning operation.