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Wire guide device for wire dot printer

US5048985A · kind A · utility

5Cited by
15References
6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 13, 1989
Grant dateSep 17, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 13, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2/265
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A wire dot printer using a plurality of print wires to print on a printing medium. The printer includes a print head unit, a guide member defining a wire nose mounted on one end of the print head unit, and a wire guide member mounted proximate one end of the guide member and including a plurality of openings for guiding the print wires. A supporting member is mounted on the guide member on the one end thereof and has a first surface for coupling the supporting member to a carriage. The supporting member has an end surface having an opening therein corresponding in shape to that of the end of the guide member supporting the wire guide member. The wire guide member is positioned and supported in the opening in the supporting member. The guide member also includes a plurality of spaced wire guide plates which include a plurality of holes aligned therein through which the print wires extend for guiding the print wires.

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