Patent · US Expired

Wiring of actuators in a wire-dot print head

US5071269A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 29, 1989
Grant dateDec 10, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 29, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2/30
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a wire-dot print head which comprises print elements arranged in a ring, each having an electromagnet formed of a core and a coil, and in which the electromagnets are divided into a plurality of blocks so that each block has a plurality of electromagnets, and a common current conduction control element is provided for each block and used to control current through the coils of the electromagnets in the block, the electromagnets of each of at least some of the blocks are disposed so as not to be physically adjacent to each other. Because of the above arrangement, currents through the coils due to magnetic interference between the adjacent electromagnets is reduced and power consumption is reduced.

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