EP0027560A3 - Print wire assembly for a printer - Google Patents

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EP0027560A3
EP0027560A3 EP80105771A EP80105771A EP0027560A3 EP 0027560 A3 EP0027560 A3 EP 0027560A3 EP 80105771 A EP80105771 A EP 80105771A EP 80105771 A EP80105771 A EP 80105771A EP 0027560 A3 EP0027560 A3 EP 0027560A3
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printer
wire assembly
print wire
print
assembly
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Albert William Oaten
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International Business Machines Corp
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/22—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of impact or pressure on a printing material or impression-transfer material
    • B41J2/23—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of impact or pressure on a printing material or impression-transfer material using print wires
    • B41J2/235—Print head assemblies
    • B41J2/245—Print head assemblies line printer type
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J3/00—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed
    • B41J3/54—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed with two or more sets of type or printing elements
EP80105771A 1979-10-19 1980-09-25 Print wire assembly for a printer Expired EP0027560B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US86483 1979-10-19
US06/086,483 US4278020A (en) 1979-10-19 1979-10-19 Print wire actuator block assembly for printers

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EP0027560A2 EP0027560A2 (en) 1981-04-29
EP0027560A3 true EP0027560A3 (en) 1983-01-05
EP0027560B1 EP0027560B1 (en) 1985-05-29

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EP80105771A Expired EP0027560B1 (en) 1979-10-19 1980-09-25 Print wire assembly for a printer

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US (1) US4278020A (en)
EP (1) EP0027560B1 (en)
JP (1) JPS5663468A (en)
CA (1) CA1147866A (en)
DE (1) DE3070703D1 (en)

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EP0101018B1 (en) * 1982-08-05 1986-11-12 Nec Corporation Impact printer head capable of printing a dot at a distance narrower than a thickness of a printer unit
US4552064A (en) * 1982-10-27 1985-11-12 Sanders Royden C Jun Dot matrix printers and print heads therefor
US4527469A (en) 1983-04-15 1985-07-09 Dataproducts Corporation Dot matrix print actuator
CH654527A5 (en) * 1983-06-24 1986-02-28 Caracteres Sa NEEDLE HOLDER HEAD FOR PRINTING MACHINE.
EP0312319A3 (en) * 1987-10-15 1989-09-06 Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd. Release-type dot print head and method of manufacturing the same
JP3025778B2 (en) * 1988-04-08 2000-03-27 レックスマーク・インターナショナル・インコーポレーテッド Printer with gap adjustment function of print head
EP0341930A3 (en) * 1988-05-10 1990-01-10 Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd. Releasing type dot printer head
US4878773A (en) * 1988-06-08 1989-11-07 Ncr Corporation Ribbon feed control apparatus and method
US5146849A (en) * 1988-09-07 1992-09-15 Genicom Corporation Print head, mounting therefor and method of mounting

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FR2190056A5 (en) * 1972-06-15 1974-01-25 Honeywell Inf Systems Italia
US3999644A (en) * 1971-05-26 1976-12-28 U.S. Philips Corporation Printing device comprising recording pins

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US3907092A (en) * 1973-07-12 1975-09-23 Bunker Ramo Matrix wire print head with free bending print wires
US3904011A (en) * 1973-10-17 1975-09-09 Tele Speed Communications Inc Printing head for matrix printer
US3966035A (en) * 1974-03-01 1976-06-29 Erickson Robert L Printer
US3929214A (en) * 1974-09-18 1975-12-30 D & D Ass Wire matrix ballistic impact print head
US3987883A (en) * 1975-04-17 1976-10-26 International Business Machines Corporation Ribbon lifting mechanism for a wire matrix printer
JPS525250A (en) * 1975-07-01 1977-01-14 Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> Pulse duration control system
JPS5212024A (en) * 1975-07-16 1977-01-29 Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Impact dot type head
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US3999644A (en) * 1971-05-26 1976-12-28 U.S. Philips Corporation Printing device comprising recording pins
FR2190056A5 (en) * 1972-06-15 1974-01-25 Honeywell Inf Systems Italia

Non-Patent Citations (2)

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Title
IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN, vol.21, no.1, juin 1978, Armonk (US) *
IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN, vol.21, no.5, octobre 1978, Armonk (US) *

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DE3070703D1 (en) 1985-07-04
EP0027560B1 (en) 1985-05-29
CA1147866A (en) 1983-06-07
US4278020A (en) 1981-07-14
JPS5663468A (en) 1981-05-30
EP0027560A2 (en) 1981-04-29

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