Patent · US Expired

Method of printing characters in typewriters or similar office machines

US4737044A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

TA Triumph-Adler Aktiengesellschaft fur Buro-Informationstechnik · DE

Inventors

Werner Puschnus · Nuremberg, DE
Rainer Hauser · Koblenzer Straße, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 30, 1987
Grant date	Apr 12, 1988
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 30, 2007

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41J9/48
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A code generated by a keyboard or external data source is first converted to an ordinal number code which is processed by first and second algorithms to generate a typing force index and a character type location identifier respectively. The typing force index is used as a variable in an equation whose solution provides typing force information, and the character location identifier is used to calculate character type location information. The information is utilized to position a selected character on a print wheel and to print the selected character with a force depending on the area of the character.

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