Patent · US Expired

Printing device with carriage and carrier therefor each integrally press-formed from a respective metal sheet

US4795284A · kind A · utility

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6References
8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 31, 1986
Grant dateJan 3, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 31, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J29/02
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A printing device such as a printer of the type using a type wheel in which a carriage is loaded with a printing mechanism and movable along a carrier to allow the printing mechanism to print out data on a paper, which is wrapped around a platen. The carrier and/or the carriage is produced by press-forming a single sheet metal to cut down the production cost and the number of structural elements of the printer.

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