Wire-dot print head
US5137380A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 10, 1990 |
| Grant date | Aug 11, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 10, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J2/28
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A wire-dot print head has an armature having a tip to which a print wire is secured, a core provided in confrontation with the armature, a plate spring which is supported in a cantilever fashion and to which the armature is fixed, a permanent magnet assembly generating a magnetic flux to cause the armature to be attracted toward the core overcoming the resilient force of the plate spring, and a coil wound on the core to generate a magnetic flux upon energization to cancel the magnetic flux from the permanent magnet assembly, thereby to release the armature. The permanent magnet assembly includes a first permanent magnet of the samarium-cobalt type, and a second permanent magnet of the neodyminum-iron-boron type or the lanthanoid-iron-boron type.
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