EP0027901A3 - Improved ribbon feed and lift mechanism for a typewriter - Google Patents

Improved ribbon feed and lift mechanism for a typewriter Download PDF

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EP0027901A3
EP0027901A3 EP80105776A EP80105776A EP0027901A3 EP 0027901 A3 EP0027901 A3 EP 0027901A3 EP 80105776 A EP80105776 A EP 80105776A EP 80105776 A EP80105776 A EP 80105776A EP 0027901 A3 EP0027901 A3 EP 0027901A3
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typewriter
lift mechanism
ribbon feed
improved ribbon
improved
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EP0027901B1 (en
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Donald J. Kacmarcik
Selahattin A. Okcuoglu
Jerry W. Raider
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International Business Machines Corp
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Priority claimed from US06/089,662 external-priority patent/US4329072A/en
Priority claimed from US06/089,661 external-priority patent/US4247210A/en
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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
    • B41J33/00—Apparatus or arrangements for feeding ink ribbons or like character-size impression-transfer material
    • B41J33/14—Ribbon-feed devices or mechanisms
    • B41J33/16—Ribbon-feed devices or mechanisms with drive applied to spool or spool spindle
    • 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
    • B41J33/00—Apparatus or arrangements for feeding ink ribbons or like character-size impression-transfer material
    • B41J33/14—Ribbon-feed devices or mechanisms
    • B41J33/34—Ribbon-feed devices or mechanisms driven by motors independently of the machine as a whole
    • 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
    • B41J33/00—Apparatus or arrangements for feeding ink ribbons or like character-size impression-transfer material
    • B41J33/14—Ribbon-feed devices or mechanisms
    • B41J33/38—Slow, e.g. "creep", feed mechanisms
    • 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
    • B41J33/00—Apparatus or arrangements for feeding ink ribbons or like character-size impression-transfer material
    • B41J33/14—Ribbon-feed devices or mechanisms
    • B41J33/54—Ribbon-feed devices or mechanisms for ensuring maximum life of the ribbon
    • 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
    • B41J35/00—Other apparatus or arrangements associated with, or incorporated in, ink-ribbon mechanisms
    • B41J35/22—Mechanisms permitting the selective use of a plurality of ink ribbons
EP19800105776 1979-10-30 1980-09-25 Improved ribbon lift and feed mechanism for a typewriter Expired EP0027901B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US06/089,662 US4329072A (en) 1979-10-30 1979-10-30 Ribbon feed and lift mechanism for a typewriter
US89661 1979-10-30
US89662 1979-10-30
US06/089,661 US4247210A (en) 1979-10-30 1979-10-30 Ribbon feed and lift mechanism for a typewriter

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EP0027901A2 EP0027901A2 (en) 1981-05-06
EP0027901A3 true EP0027901A3 (en) 1982-11-10
EP0027901B1 EP0027901B1 (en) 1985-06-26

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EP19800105776 Expired EP0027901B1 (en) 1979-10-30 1980-09-25 Improved ribbon lift and feed mechanism for a typewriter

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Families Citing this family (2)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4397575A (en) * 1981-09-25 1983-08-09 International Business Machines Corporation Ribbon lift and feed mechanism for a typewriter
JPS61293884A (en) * 1985-06-21 1986-12-24 Sharp Corp Ribbon-lifting device for electronic typewriter

Citations (2)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2349769A (en) * 1941-11-03 1944-05-23 Underwood Elliott Fisher Co Printing mechanism for adding and accounting machines
FR2391853A1 (en) * 1977-05-27 1978-12-22 Ibm RIBBON CARTRIDGE FOR A TYPEWRITER AND ITS DRIVING MECHANISM

Patent Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2349769A (en) * 1941-11-03 1944-05-23 Underwood Elliott Fisher Co Printing mechanism for adding and accounting machines
FR2391853A1 (en) * 1977-05-27 1978-12-22 Ibm RIBBON CARTRIDGE FOR A TYPEWRITER AND ITS DRIVING MECHANISM

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EP0027901A2 (en) 1981-05-06
EP0027901B1 (en) 1985-06-26

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