EP0014948B1 - Printer and process for producing a typescript with even character spacings - Google Patents

Printer and process for producing a typescript with even character spacings Download PDF

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EP0014948B1
EP0014948B1 EP80100714A EP80100714A EP0014948B1 EP 0014948 B1 EP0014948 B1 EP 0014948B1 EP 80100714 A EP80100714 A EP 80100714A EP 80100714 A EP80100714 A EP 80100714A EP 0014948 B1 EP0014948 B1 EP 0014948B1
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41JTYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J1/00Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the mounting, arrangement or disposition of the types or dies
    • B41J1/22Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the mounting, arrangement or disposition of the types or dies with types or dies mounted on carriers rotatable for selection
    • B41J1/24Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the mounting, arrangement or disposition of the types or dies with types or dies mounted on carriers rotatable for selection the plane of the type or die face being perpendicular to the axis of rotation
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41JTYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J19/00Character- or line-spacing mechanisms
    • B41J19/18Character-spacing or back-spacing mechanisms; Carriage return or release devices therefor
    • B41J19/20Positive-feed character-spacing mechanisms
    • B41J19/202Drive control means for carriage movement
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10STECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S400/00Typewriting machines
    • Y10S400/903Stepping-motor drive for carriage feed

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  • the invention relates to a printing unit for producing a typeface with uniform character spacing for typewriters or similar office machines of the type specified in the preamble of claim 1.
  • typewriters use a by e.g. Sum gear adjustable type carrier known that this interacts with a centering device.
  • This centering device has the task of aligning the type support for the final printing position and holding it in this centered position until the characters have been printed.
  • the final alignment of the type carrier by the centering device takes place only after it has been brought into the desired rotational position by the summation gear.
  • Such a centering device is also necessary because the summation gearbox itself cannot carry out the desired rotation angle adjustment of the type carrier with absolute accuracy, since considerable tolerance deviations always occur because of the large number of individual parts.
  • torsional vibrations in the type carrier setting shaft and elastic deformations in the setting gear occur during the setting process, which have a strong effect on the type carrier and therefore do not allow exact setting of the type carrier.
  • a printing unit is already known from DE-AS 2 026 004, in which the type carrier can be adjusted from a set position to a desired position both in one and in the other direction of rotation. In order to establish the desired position for the type holder as quickly as possible, it is advisable to choose the shortest adjustment path.
  • These reversible drives for dividing the type carriers have the disadvantage that the positioning accuracy has a large hysteresis due to the setting from different directions. The positioning accuracy is also very much influenced by the angle of rotation that the type holder has to go through when setting from an old to a new setting position.
  • a possibly existing centering device must therefore be able to align the type carrier within the large hysteresis, which is associated with time and great effort.
  • the large hysteresis means that cannot achieve a clean typeface with evenly spaced characters.
  • GB-A-1 219 222 describes a positioning control for the tool holder on machine tools, in which, as with the teaching according to the application, the last descend step always takes place in one and the same direction, regardless of the starting position of the element in question, that is regardless of the direction in which the element was initially set in motion from its rest position.
  • the step movements take place on both sides of the reference point in question and are carried out with a gradually decreasing amplitude, so that the last two mit steps also have mutually different amplitudes before the final reference setting. This means that no crawlage step movement consisting exclusively of two steps is always carried out on the same side from the reference point.
  • FR-A-2178 161 and 2 212 783 also relates to the positioning controls of machine tools, like GB-A-1219222, but the last reset step to the final reference point position is always in the same direction as the initial direction of movement part to be set lies towards the reference point, so that when the starting position of the part to be set changes laterally with respect to the reference point, the direction of the last reset step also changes accordingly.
  • these fonts - as stated - do not relate to printing units for typewriters or similar office machines.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a printing unit for typewriters or similar office machines, with which a clean typeface with always uniform character spacing is generated even in printing units without a centering device for the sum type carrier, so that in printing units in which the setting of the type carrier takes place on the shortest turning path from different directions, the hysteresis for the positioning accuracy is as small as possible.
  • This object is achieved by the invention characterized in claim 1.
  • the printing unit according to the invention enables a typeface with uniform character spacing, since the type holder always executes a mit step movement in the same direction and with the same step after his setting process. This creates the same stop conditions.
  • the subject matter of claim 2 enables easy control.
  • the control device can consist in a known manner of a control element with ring counters, a bit pattern generator, etc.
  • FIG. 1 shows a plan view of a type wheel printer 1 according to the invention, between the side walls 3 of which a carriage 13 on axles 9, (11) are mounted so as to be longitudinally displaceable.
  • the carriage 13 has a base plate 7 which has a type wheel drive arrangement 15 shown in FIG. 1 and a type stop device with a pressure hammer 17 and an electromagnet 19.
  • On the base plate 7 there is also an ink ribbon cassette 21 with an ink ribbon 22, which is guided by means of the guides 23 and 25 between the recording medium 27 and the rotatably mounted type wheel 29.
  • the record carrier 27 can be driven in a known manner via a paper roller 31, which can be driven via a motor (not shown).
  • two drive gears 33, 35 are rotatably mounted, which cooperate in a form-fitting manner with a toothed belt 37 fixedly connected to the slide 13.
  • the gear 35 is via a motor, for. B. driven by a stepper motor 39 in both step directions 41.
  • the total type carrier consists of the type disk 29, which has a plurality of elastic type lamellae, at the free ends of which the types are arranged.
  • the type plate 29 can be operated via a motor that can be operated in start-stop mode, e.g. Stepper motor 43 gradually adjustable.
  • an optical coding disk 47 is fastened, which interacts with a light source 49 and a plurality of light-sensitive elements 53 arranged in the housing 51.
  • coded signals 57 corresponding to the characters to be printed are sent from a keyboard 55 to a control element 59, which may be a microprocessor or a commercially available computer.
  • the control element 59 receives the data, carries out certain calculations and sends drive pulses via amplifiers 61 and 63 to the sled stepper motor 39 and to the type wheel stepper motor 43. If the sled stepper motor 39 has been subjected to twelve drive pulses in half-step operation, then the sled 13 has reached 1 / 12 inch pitch moved one print position.
  • the type wheel stepping motor 43 requires four drive pulses in order to move the type plate by one character spacing.
  • the electromagnet 19 for the hammer 17 also receives drive pulses from the control element 59 via an amplifier 65.
  • the type wheel stepper motor 43 can be controlled via the control element 59 serving as a control device in such a way that after the setting process of the type carrier 29 on the character to be printed, one or more drive pulses and then an equal number of reset pulses on the characters Type wheel stepper motor 43 are delivered in such a way that the type carrier 29 executes a mit step movement always in the same direction and with the same step size according to FIG. If the type plate 29 e.g. 4 from an old to a new setting position according to arrow direction 67 in FIG. 4, the type plate performs a subsidiary step movement first in arrow direction 69 and then in arrow direction 71.
  • the type plate If the type plate is brought into the impression position in the direction of arrow 73, the type plate then executes the same vocational step movement in the arrow directions 75 and 77.
  • the vocational movements of the type holder always result in the same stopping conditions, since the type plate is brought into the impression point in the same direction and with the same step width immediately before the impression process. For this reason, a clean typeface with consistently even spacing is guaranteed.
  • the hysteresis of the positioning accuracy is so small even when the type plate 29 is set from the different directions 67 and 73 that any remaining positioning that may be required can be carried out with little effort by a centering device.
  • the individual parts for such a centering device can be made light, which also has a favorable effect on the centering speed.
  • the carriage 13 In order to correct a character that has been mistakenly printed by hitting it again with the interposition of an adhesive tape, it is necessary that the carriage always occupies the same position if a complete lift is to take place. An exact positioning of the carriage 13 is of course also necessary if the individual characters are to be evenly spaced. If a correction process is required, the carriage 13 is first moved away from the correction position by one switching step, for example by actuating a back key in the keyboard 55 by means of the carriage drive motor 39, counter to the writing direction.
  • the correction key 81 in the The keyboard 55 is actuated, as a result of which the control element 59 emits a number of “n” reset and then a number of “n-1” feed pulses to the sled stepper motor 39 in such a way that the sled 13 always makes a pilgrim step movement according to FIG and executes with the same increment.
  • the carriage 13 is first brought into position 83 according to FIG. 1, which is a reset step from the correction position (impression position). After actuation of the correction key, the carriage 13 is moved out of the position 83 in the direction of arrow 85 beyond the correction position and then moved by “n-1” feed impulses into the correction position 87 in direction of arrow 89.

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Druckwerk zur Herstellung eines Schriftbildes mit gleichmässigen Zeichenabständen für Schreib- oder ähnliche Büromaschinen der im Oberbegriff des Patentanspruchs 1 angegebenen Art.The invention relates to a printing unit for producing a typeface with uniform character spacing for typewriters or similar office machines of the type specified in the preamble of claim 1.

Zur Erzielung eines sauberen Schriftbildes mit möglichst gleichmässigen Abständen zwischen den Zeichen ist es bei Schreibmaschinen mit einem durch ein z.B. Summengetriebe einstellbaren Typenträger bekannt, dass dieser mit einer Zentriervorrichtung zusammenwirkt. Diese Zentriervorrichtung hat die Aufgabe, den Typenträger für die endgültige Abdruckposition auszurichten und so lange in dieser zentrierten Lage zu halten, bis der Schriftzeichenabdruck erfolgt ist. Die endgültige Ausrichtung des Typenträgers durch die Zentriervorrichtung erfolgt erst, nachdem dieser durch das Summengetriebe in die gewünschte Drehlage gebracht worden ist. Eine solche Zentriervorrichtung ist auch deshalb erforderlich, weil die Summengetriebe ansich die gewünschte Drehwinkeleinstellung des Typenträgers nicht absolut genau durchführen können, da wegen der Vielzahl der Einzelteile immer erhebliche Toleranzabweichungen auftreten. Ausserdem treten während des Einstellvorganges Torsionsschwingungen in der Typenträgereinstellwelle und elastische Verformungen im Einstellgetriebe auf, die eine starke Rückwirkung auf den Typenträger haben und daher keine exakte Einstellung des Typenträgers ermöglichen.To achieve a clean typeface with the most even possible spacing between characters, typewriters use a by e.g. Sum gear adjustable type carrier known that this interacts with a centering device. This centering device has the task of aligning the type support for the final printing position and holding it in this centered position until the characters have been printed. The final alignment of the type carrier by the centering device takes place only after it has been brought into the desired rotational position by the summation gear. Such a centering device is also necessary because the summation gearbox itself cannot carry out the desired rotation angle adjustment of the type carrier with absolute accuracy, since considerable tolerance deviations always occur because of the large number of individual parts. In addition, torsional vibrations in the type carrier setting shaft and elastic deformations in the setting gear occur during the setting process, which have a strong effect on the type carrier and therefore do not allow exact setting of the type carrier.

Durch die DE-AS 2 026 004 ist bereits ein Druckwerk bekannt, bei dem der Typenträger aus einer eingestellten Position sowohl in der einen als auch in der anderen Drehrichtung in eine angestrebte Position einstellbar ist. Um möglichst schnell die angestrebte Position für den Typenträger zu errichten, ist es zweckmässig, den kürzesten Einstellweg zu wählen. Diese umkehrbaren Antriebe zum Einteilen der Typenträger haben den Nachteil, dass die Positioniergenauigkeit infolge der Einstellung aus unterschiedlichen Richtungen eine grosse Hysterese aufweist. Die Positioniergenauigkeit wird auch sehr von dem Drehwinkel beeinflusst, den der Typenträger beim Einstellen aus einer alten in eine neue Einstellposition durchlaufen muss. Eine eventuell vorhandene Zentriervorrichtung muss daher den Typenträger innerhalb der grossen Hysterese ausrichten können, was mit Zeit und mit hohem Kraftaufwand verbunden ist. Bei Druckwerken ohne Zentriervorrichtung lassen sich infolge der grossen Hysterese. kein sauberes Schriftbild mit in sich gleichmässigen Zeichenabständen erzielen.A printing unit is already known from DE-AS 2 026 004, in which the type carrier can be adjusted from a set position to a desired position both in one and in the other direction of rotation. In order to establish the desired position for the type holder as quickly as possible, it is advisable to choose the shortest adjustment path. These reversible drives for dividing the type carriers have the disadvantage that the positioning accuracy has a large hysteresis due to the setting from different directions. The positioning accuracy is also very much influenced by the angle of rotation that the type holder has to go through when setting from an old to a new setting position. A possibly existing centering device must therefore be able to align the type carrier within the large hysteresis, which is associated with time and great effort. In the case of printing units without a centering device, the large hysteresis means that cannot achieve a clean typeface with evenly spaced characters.

Ferner beschreibt die GB-A-1 219 222 eine Positioniersteuerung für den Werkzeugträger an Werkzeugmaschinen,, bei dem zwar wie bei der anmeldungsgemässen Lehre der letzte Pilgerschritt immer in ein und derselben Richtung erfolgt, und zwar unabhängig von der Ausgangsstellung des betreffenden einzustellenden Elementes, also unabhängig von der Richtung, in welcher das Element aus seiner Ruhestellung ursprünglich in Bewegung gesetzt wurde. Allerdings erfolgen bei diesem bekannten System die Pilgerschrittbewegungen zu beiden Seiten des betreffenden Bezugspunktes und werden mit allmählich abnehmender Amplitude ausgeführt, so dass auch die beiden letzten Pilgerschritte vor der endgültigen Bezugseinstellung gegenseitig unterschiedliche Amplituden besitzen. Hierbei wird also keine ausschliesslich aus zwei Schritten bestehende Pilgerschrittbewegung immer nach der gleichen Seite vom Bezugspunkt aus vorgenommen.Furthermore, GB-A-1 219 222 describes a positioning control for the tool holder on machine tools, in which, as with the teaching according to the application, the last pilgrim step always takes place in one and the same direction, regardless of the starting position of the element in question, that is regardless of the direction in which the element was initially set in motion from its rest position. In this known system, however, the pilgrim step movements take place on both sides of the reference point in question and are carried out with a gradually decreasing amplitude, so that the last two pilgrim steps also have mutually different amplitudes before the final reference setting. This means that no pilgrimage step movement consisting exclusively of two steps is always carried out on the same side from the reference point.

Ein weiterer Stand der Technik (FR-A-2178 161 und 2 212 783) betrifft gleichfalls wie die GB-A-1219222 Positioniersteuerungen von Werkzeugmaschinen, wobei dort aber der letzte Rückstellschritt in die endgültige Bezugspunktlage stets in der gleichen Richtung wie die anfängliche Bewegungsrichtung des einzustellenden Teiles zum Bezugspunkt hin liegt, so dass bei seitenmässig wechselnder Ausgangslage des einzustellenden Teiles in bezug auf den Bezugspunkt auch die Richtung des letzten Rückstellschrittes entsprechend wechselt. Diese Schriften betreffen im übrigen - wie angegeben - keine Druckwerke für Schreib- oder ähnliche Büromaschinen.Another state of the art (FR-A-2178 161 and 2 212 783) also relates to the positioning controls of machine tools, like GB-A-1219222, but the last reset step to the final reference point position is always in the same direction as the initial direction of movement part to be set lies towards the reference point, so that when the starting position of the part to be set changes laterally with respect to the reference point, the direction of the last reset step also changes accordingly. Incidentally, these fonts - as stated - do not relate to printing units for typewriters or similar office machines.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, ein Druckwerk für Schreib- oder ähnliche Büromaschinen zu schaffen, mit dem auch bei Druckwerken ohne einer Zentriervorrichtung für den Summentypenträger ein sauberes Schriftbild mit immer in sich gleichmässigen Zeichenabständen erzeugt wird, so dass bei Druckwerken, bei denen die Einstellung des Typenträgers auf kürzestem Drehweg aus unterschiedlichen Richtungen erfolgt, die Hysterese für die Positioniergenauigkeit möglichst klein ist. Diese Aufgabe wird durch die im Patentanspruch 1 gekennzeichnete Erfindung gelöst.The invention has for its object to provide a printing unit for typewriters or similar office machines, with which a clean typeface with always uniform character spacing is generated even in printing units without a centering device for the sum type carrier, so that in printing units in which the setting of the type carrier takes place on the shortest turning path from different directions, the hysteresis for the positioning accuracy is as small as possible. This object is achieved by the invention characterized in claim 1.

Das erfindungsgemässe Druckwerk ermöglicht ein Schriftbild mit gleichmässigen Zeichenabständen, da der Typenträger nach seinem Einstellvorgang stets eine Pilgerschrittbewegung in gleicher Richtung und mit gleicher Schrittweise ausführt. Hierdurch werden gleiche Stoppbedingungen geschaffen. Der Gegenstand des Patentanspruchs 2 ermöglicht eine einfache Steuerungsmöglichkeit. Im Rahmen der Erfindung kann die Steuereinrichtung in bekannter Weise aus einem Steuerelement mit Ringzählern, einem Bitmustergenerator, usw. bestehen.The printing unit according to the invention enables a typeface with uniform character spacing, since the type holder always executes a pilgrim step movement in the same direction and with the same step after his setting process. This creates the same stop conditions. The subject matter of claim 2 enables easy control. In the context of the invention, the control device can consist in a known manner of a control element with ring counters, a bit pattern generator, etc.

Bei Schreibmaschinen mit Löschvorrichtungen ist es in diesem Zusammenhang notwendig, dass die Position des Typenträgerschlittens beim Abheben des fehlerhaften Zeichens durch ein Haftband exakt mit der Position übereinstimmen muss, die der Typenträgerschlitten beim Abdruck des alten Zeichens hatte. Bereits eine seitliche Abweichung von 1/100 mm hinterlässt eine Restzeichenkontur, die schmal, aber deutlich sichtbar ist. Daher ist es wichtig, dass der über den Motor angetriebene Schlitten auch stets genau eingestellt wird. Dieses ist durch die vorteilhafte Ausgestaltung des Erfindungsgegenstandes nach Patentanspruch 3 gegeben. Das irrtümlich zum Abdruck gebrachte Schritzeichen wird vollständig von dem Aufzeichnungsträger wieder abgehoben.In the case of typewriters with erasure devices, it is necessary in this connection that the position of the type carrier slide when the defective character is lifted off by an adhesive tape must exactly match the position that the type carrier carriage had when the old character was printed. Even a lateral deviation of 1/100 mm leaves a residual character contour that is narrow but clearly visible is. It is therefore important that the slide driven by the motor is always precisely adjusted. This is given by the advantageous embodiment of the subject of the invention according to claim 3. The step character mistakenly printed is completely lifted off the recording medium.

Weitere vorteilhafte Ausgestaltungen des Erfindungsgegenstandes sind den weiteren Ansprüchen zu entnehmen.Further advantageous embodiments of the subject matter of the invention can be found in the further claims.

Die Erfindung wird nachstehend anhand der Figuren näher erläutert.The invention is explained in more detail below with reference to the figures.

Es zeigt:

  • Fig. 1 eine Draufsicht auf eine schematische Anordnung des Erfindungsgegenstandes,
  • Fig. 2 eine Einzelhait aus Fig. 1 in Seitenansicht,
  • Fig. 3 ein Blockschaltbild für eine Steuereinrichtung,
  • Fig. 4 und 5 zeigen Prinzipskizzen für die Pilgerschrittbewegungen.
It shows:
  • 1 is a plan view of a schematic arrangement of the subject of the invention,
  • 2 shows a detail of FIG. 1 in side view,
  • 3 is a block diagram for a control device,
  • 4 and 5 show schematic diagrams for the pilgrim step movements.

In Fig. 1 ist eine Draufsicht auf einen erfindungsgemässen Typenraddrucker 1 dargestellt, zwischen deren Seitenwänden 3, ein Schlitten 13 auf Achsen 9, (11) längsverschiebbar gelagert sind. Der Schlitten 13 hat eine Grundplatte 7, die eine in Fig. 1 gezeigte Typenrad-Antriebsanordnung 15 und eine Typenanschlagvorrichtung mit einem Druckhammer 17 und einem Elektromagneten 19 aufweist. Auf der Grundplatte 7 ist ausserdem noch eine Farbbandkassette 21 mit einem Farbband 22 angeordnet, welches mittels der Führungen 23 und 25 zwischen dem Aufzeichnungsträger 27 und dem drehbar gelagerten Typenrad 29 hindurchgeführt wird. Der Aufzeichnungsträger 27 ist in bekannter Weise über eine Papierwalze 31 antreibbar, welche über einen nicht dargestellten Motor antreibbar ist. In den Seitenwänden 3 und 5 sind zwei Antriebszahnräder 33, 35 drehbar gelagert, welche mit einem mit dem Schlitten 13 fest verbundenen Zahnriemen 37 formschlüssig zusammenwirken. Das Zahnrad 35 ist über einen Motor, z. B. über einen Schrittmotor 39 in beiden Schrittrichtungen 41 antreibbar. Der Summentypenträger besteht aus der Typenscheibe 29, welche eine Vielzahl von elastischen Typenlamellen aufweist, an deren freien Enden die Typen angeordnet sind. Die Typenscheibe 29 ist über einen in Start-Stopp-Betrieb betreibbaren Motor, z.B. Schrittmotor 43 schrittweise einstellbar. Am anderen Ende der Motorabtriebswelle 45 ist eine optische Codierscheibe 47 befestigt, welche mit einer Lichtquelle 49 und mehreren im Gehäuse 51 angeordneten lichtempfindlichen Elementen 53 zusammenwirkt.1 shows a plan view of a type wheel printer 1 according to the invention, between the side walls 3 of which a carriage 13 on axles 9, (11) are mounted so as to be longitudinally displaceable. The carriage 13 has a base plate 7 which has a type wheel drive arrangement 15 shown in FIG. 1 and a type stop device with a pressure hammer 17 and an electromagnet 19. On the base plate 7 there is also an ink ribbon cassette 21 with an ink ribbon 22, which is guided by means of the guides 23 and 25 between the recording medium 27 and the rotatably mounted type wheel 29. The record carrier 27 can be driven in a known manner via a paper roller 31, which can be driven via a motor (not shown). In the side walls 3 and 5, two drive gears 33, 35 are rotatably mounted, which cooperate in a form-fitting manner with a toothed belt 37 fixedly connected to the slide 13. The gear 35 is via a motor, for. B. driven by a stepper motor 39 in both step directions 41. The total type carrier consists of the type disk 29, which has a plurality of elastic type lamellae, at the free ends of which the types are arranged. The type plate 29 can be operated via a motor that can be operated in start-stop mode, e.g. Stepper motor 43 gradually adjustable. At the other end of the motor output shaft 45, an optical coding disk 47 is fastened, which interacts with a light source 49 and a plurality of light-sensitive elements 53 arranged in the housing 51.

Gemäss Fig. 3 werden von einer Tastatur 55 den zu druckenden Zeichen entsprechende codierte Signale 57 an ein Steuerelement 59, welches ein Mikroprozessor oder auch ein handelsüblicher Computer sein kann, gegeben. Das Steuerelement 59 empfängt die Daten, nimmt bestimmte Berechnungen vor und sendet Antriebsimpulse über Verstärker 61 und 63 an den Schlittenschrittmotor 39 und an den Typenradschrittmotor 43. Wenn der Schlittenschrittmotor 39 mit zwölf Antriebsimpulsen im Halbschrittbetrieb beaufschlagt worden ist, dann hat sich der Schlitten 13 bei 1/12 Zoll-Teilung um eine Druckposition weiterbewegt. Der Typenradschrittmotor 43 benötigt vier Antriebsimpulse, um die Typenscheibe um einen Zeichenabstand weiterzubewegen. Der Elektromagnet 19 für den Hammer 17 erhält ebenfalls Antriebsimpulse über einen Verstärker 65 von dem Steuerelement 59.3, coded signals 57 corresponding to the characters to be printed are sent from a keyboard 55 to a control element 59, which may be a microprocessor or a commercially available computer. The control element 59 receives the data, carries out certain calculations and sends drive pulses via amplifiers 61 and 63 to the sled stepper motor 39 and to the type wheel stepper motor 43. If the sled stepper motor 39 has been subjected to twelve drive pulses in half-step operation, then the sled 13 has reached 1 / 12 inch pitch moved one print position. The type wheel stepping motor 43 requires four drive pulses in order to move the type plate by one character spacing. The electromagnet 19 for the hammer 17 also receives drive pulses from the control element 59 via an amplifier 65.

Um ein sauberes Schriftbild mit gleichmässigen Schriftzeichenabständen zu erzielen, ist der Typenradschrittmotor 43 über das als Steuereinrichtung dienende Steuerelement 59 derart steuerbar, dass nach dem Einstellvorgang des Typenträgers 29 auf das abzudruckende Schriftzeichen jeweils weiter ein oder mehrere Antriebsimpulse und anschliessend eine gleiche Anzahl von Rückstellimpulsen an den Typenradschrittmotor 43 derart abgegeben werden, dass der Typenträger 29 unmittelbar vor dem Abdruck des ausgewählten Zeichens durch den Hammer 17 eine Pilgerschrittbewegung immer in der gleichen Richtung und mit immer gleicher Schrittweite gemäss Fig. ausführt. Wird die Typenscheibe 29 z.B. aus einer alten in eine neue Einstellposition gemäss Pfeilrichtung 67 in Fig. 4 in die Abdrucklage gebracht, so führt die Typenscheibe eine Pilgerschrittbewegung zunächst in Pfeilrichtung 69 und dann in Pfeilrichtung 71 aus. Wird die Typenscheibe in Pfeilrichtung 73 in die Abdrucklage gebracht, dann führt die Typenscheibe anschliessend die gleiche Pilgerschrittbewegung in den Pfeilrichtungen 75 und 77 aus. Durch die Pilgerschrittbewegungen des Typenträgers werdenstets gleiche Stoppbedingungen erzielt, da die Typenscheibe unmittelbar vor dem Abdruckvorgang in gleicher Richtung und durch eine gleiche Schrittweite in die Abdruckstelle gebracht wird. Aus diesem Grunde ist stets ein sauberes Schriftbild mit in sich gleichmässigen Schriftabständen gewährleistet. Die Hysterese der Positioniergenauigkeit ist selbst bei einer Einstellung der Typenscheibe 29 aus den unterschiedlichen Richtungen 67 und 73 derart klein, dass eine eventuell erforderliche restliche Positionierung durch eine Zentriervorrichtung mit geringem Kraftaufwand ausgeführt werden kann. Die Einzelteile für eine derartige Zentriervorrichtung können leicht ausgebildet sein, was sich auch günstig auf die Zentriergeschwindigkeit auswirkt.In order to achieve a clean typeface with uniform character spacing, the type wheel stepper motor 43 can be controlled via the control element 59 serving as a control device in such a way that after the setting process of the type carrier 29 on the character to be printed, one or more drive pulses and then an equal number of reset pulses on the characters Type wheel stepper motor 43 are delivered in such a way that the type carrier 29 executes a pilgrim step movement always in the same direction and with the same step size according to FIG. If the type plate 29 e.g. 4 from an old to a new setting position according to arrow direction 67 in FIG. 4, the type plate performs a pilgrim step movement first in arrow direction 69 and then in arrow direction 71. If the type plate is brought into the impression position in the direction of arrow 73, the type plate then executes the same pilgrim step movement in the arrow directions 75 and 77. The pilgrim movements of the type holder always result in the same stopping conditions, since the type plate is brought into the impression point in the same direction and with the same step width immediately before the impression process. For this reason, a clean typeface with consistently even spacing is guaranteed. The hysteresis of the positioning accuracy is so small even when the type plate 29 is set from the different directions 67 and 73 that any remaining positioning that may be required can be carried out with little effort by a centering device. The individual parts for such a centering device can be made light, which also has a favorable effect on the centering speed.

Für eine Korrektur eines irrtümlich zum Abdruck gebrachten Schriftzeichens durch nochmaliges Anschlagen unter Zwischenschaltung eines Haftbandes ist es erforderlich, dass der Schlitten stets die gleiche Lage einnimmt, wenn ein vollständiges Abheben erfolgen soll. Eine genaue Positionierung des Schlittens 13 ist selbstverständlich auch erforderlich, wenn die einzelnen Schriftzeichen einen gleichmässigen Abstand haben sollen. Bei einem eventuell erforderlichen Korrekturvorgang wird der Schlitten 13 zunächst z.B. durch Betätigung einer Rücktaste in der Tastatur 55 mittels des Schlittenantriebsmotors 39 entgegen der Schreibrichtung bis um einen Schaltschritt von der Korrekturlage entfernt gebracht. Daraufhin wird die Korrekturtaste 81 in der Tastatur 55 betätigt, wodurch das Steuerelement 59 eine Anzahl von «n» Rückstell- und anschliessend eine Anzahl von «n-1» Vorschubimpulsen an den Schlittenschrittmotor 39 derart abgibt, dass der Schlitten 13 vor jedem Löschvorgang eine Pilgerschrittbewegung gemäss Fig. immer in glelcher Richtung und mit gleicher schrittweite ausführt. Der Schlitten 13 wird zunächst in die Lage 83 gemäss Fig. gebracht, welch einen Rückstellschritt von der Korrekturlage (Abdrucklage) entfernt ist. Nach Betätigung der Korrekturtaste wird der Schlitten 13 aus der Lage 83 in Pfeilrichtung 85 über die Korrekturlage hinausbewegt und dann durch «n-1» Vorschubimpulse in die Korrekturlage 87 in Pfeilrichtung 89 bewegt. Durch diese Pilgerschrittbewegung, die derschlitten 13 bei jedem Korrekturvorgang in gleicher Richtung und mit gleicher Schrittweite durchführt wird stets eine gleiche Stoppbedingung für den Schlitten 13 geschaffen. Hierdurch wird ein vollständiges Abheben des irrtümlich zum Abdruck gebrachten Schriftzeichens von dem Aufzeichnungsträger 27 ermöglicht. Die erfindungsgemässe Einrichtung ermöglicht ein sauberes Schriftbild mit immer in sich gleichmässigen Schriftzeichenabständen.In order to correct a character that has been mistakenly printed by hitting it again with the interposition of an adhesive tape, it is necessary that the carriage always occupies the same position if a complete lift is to take place. An exact positioning of the carriage 13 is of course also necessary if the individual characters are to be evenly spaced. If a correction process is required, the carriage 13 is first moved away from the correction position by one switching step, for example by actuating a back key in the keyboard 55 by means of the carriage drive motor 39, counter to the writing direction. Then the correction key 81 in the The keyboard 55 is actuated, as a result of which the control element 59 emits a number of “n” reset and then a number of “n-1” feed pulses to the sled stepper motor 39 in such a way that the sled 13 always makes a pilgrim step movement according to FIG and executes with the same increment. The carriage 13 is first brought into position 83 according to FIG. 1, which is a reset step from the correction position (impression position). After actuation of the correction key, the carriage 13 is moved out of the position 83 in the direction of arrow 85 beyond the correction position and then moved by “n-1” feed impulses into the correction position 87 in direction of arrow 89. This pilgrim step movement, which the slide 13 carries out in the same direction and with the same step size with each correction process, always creates the same stop condition for the slide 13. This enables a complete lifting off of the character erroneously printed from the recording medium 27. The device according to the invention enables a clean typeface with always uniform character spacing.

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1. A print mechanism for producing a clean print image with regular character spacing for typewriters and similar office machines having a carriage movable by a carriage drive in the line feed direction; mounted on the carriage, a type head arranged to be brought from different directions into the printing position, in particular a type disc with a plurality of elastic type fingers, which is rotatable in both directions to enable the shortest setting path to be taken; a type striker device for printing a chosen character on a printing carrier; wherein the type head is movable stepwise by a stepping motor; and wherein a control device supplies drive pulses to the motor for setting the type head, the pulses depending upon coded signals representing the character to be printed received from the keyboard, characterised in that the control device (59) sends to the motor (43), directly after the setting process of the type head (29) to the character to be printed, further always one or more effective drive pulses followed by an equal number of return pulses, whereby, directly prior to the printing of each chosen character and independently of the direction of the setting motion to reach the chosen character, the print head carries out a pilgrim step process in the same direction and with the same step width so that its last return step always takes place in the same setting direction.
2. A print mechanism according to Claim 1, in which the control device moves the type head, which is directly driven by the motor, from one set position to another by the shortest route, characterised in that the control device (59) is a microprocessor.
3. A print mechanism according to Claim 1 or 2, with a correction arrangement in which a character printed in error can be deleted by a second imprint using a deletion strip, characterised in that the carriage drive (39) is controllable by the control device (59) which passes carriage shift pulses to the carriage drive (39) depending on the coded signals, and which upon actuation of a correction key (81) on the keyboard (55) passes a number 'n' of reverse shift and then a number 'n-1,' of forward shift pulses to the carriage drive (39), after the carriage (13) via the drive (39), for example by operation of a back-space key on the keyboard (55), has been set back counter to the normal carriage direction to a position one space from the character to be corrected, whereby the carriage (13) carries out a pilgrim step process always in the same direction before every deletion.
4. A print mechanism according to Claim 3, characterised in that the carriage drive (39) is a stepping motor.
5. A print mechanism according to Claim 4, characterised in that the stepping motor (39) drives the carriage (13) by means of a toothed beltconnected to the latter.
6. A method of operation of a print mechanism according to Claim 1 for typewriters or similar office machines having a carriage movable by a carriage drive in the line feed direction; mounted on the carriage, a type head arranged to be brought from different directions into the printing position, in particular a type disc with a plurality of elastic type fingers, which is rotatable in opposite directions to enable the shortest setting path to be taken; a type striker device for printing a chosen character on a printing carrier; wherein the type head is movable stepwise by a stepping motor; after the setting process of the type head (29) to the character to be printed, further always one or more effective drive pulses followed by an equal number of return pulses, are sent to the motor (43) whereby, directly prior to the printing of each chosen character and independently of the direction of the setting motion to reach the chosen character, the print head carries out a pilgrim step process in the same direction and with the same step width so that its last return step always takes place in the same setting direction.
7. A method according to Claim 6, with a correction arrangement in which a character printed in error is deleted by a second imprint using a deletion strip, characterised in that the carriage (13) for example by operation of the back space key is set back counter to the normal carriage direction to a position one space from the character to be corrected, and that by operation of the correction key (81) on the keyboard (55) then a number 'n' of reverse shift and subsequently a number 'n-1,' forward shift pulses are passed to the carriage drive (39), so that the carriage (13) before each deletion carries out a pilgrim step process always in the same direction.
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