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Printing head for a dot printer

US4348120A · kind A · utility

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3Claims
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Filing dateMay 6, 1980
Grant dateSep 7, 1982
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Expiry dateMay 6, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2/26
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A printer head for mosaic printing having a plurality of needles positioned on a straight line each being selectively driven towards a paper through an ink ribbon has been found. The printer head comprises of a cylindrical permanent magnet, a first yoke covering the bottom of the permanent magnet, a plurality of electromagnets each positioned on a circle on the first yoke with the predetermined angle intervals, a disk shaped spring having an outer ring and a plurality of projections towards the center of the disk, a plurality of armatures each attached to the related projection of the disk spring, a plurality of print needles each attached to the related projection of the disk spring so that each of the needles has the perpendicular component to the disk spring plane. A ring shaped spacer is positioned between the disk spring and the cylindrical permanent magnet, a second yoke for providing a magnetic flux path is positioned between the permanent magnet and each of the electromagnets, and a guideframe having a thin linear slit for arranging the top of said needles and covering the needles is provided.

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