EP0040879B1 - Matrix printer with automatic print-head adjustment - Google Patents

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EP0040879B1
EP0040879B1 EP81200532A EP81200532A EP0040879B1 EP 0040879 B1 EP0040879 B1 EP 0040879B1 EP 81200532 A EP81200532 A EP 81200532A EP 81200532 A EP81200532 A EP 81200532A EP 0040879 B1 EP0040879 B1 EP 0040879B1
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Lothar Haubrich
Heinrich Dürr
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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
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  • the invention relates to a matrix printer with a combination of a carriage and a print head located thereon which can be moved back and forth along a paper guide and which has a first printing position for printing drawing elements when moving from left to right and a second printing position for printing drawing elements when moving right to left, wherein the drawing elements of a certain print element in the print head, which are printed on the paper when the print head moves to the right, with respect to the drawing elements of this same print element which are printed on the paper when the print head moves to the left, in are shifted vertically over a distance that is part of the vertical distance between two successive print elements in the print head.
  • the height of the print head in relation to the paper guide is set by energizing an electromagnet, the armature of which is connected via a lever to an eccentric which is connected to a part of the longitudinal guide of the car works together.
  • the printhead is adjusted in height by rotating the printhead around an axis parallel to the line direction. Since the height of the print head can be set optionally, there is a choice between characters whose composite elements (dot imprints) are relatively far apart and characters whose composite elements are relatively close to one another or even overlap.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a matrix printer of the type mentioned, with which characters can be printed completely automatically in a simple manner, the composite elements of which are relatively close to one another, for which purpose a relatively small number of printing elements is also used.
  • the reversal of movement of the print head can also be used in order to achieve a relative displacement of the position change element.
  • the distance in which the height adjustment takes place can lie either before or after the reversal point or on both sides of the reversal point (in terms of time). It is particularly simple and advantageous to essentially or largely use the reversal of movement itself for the height adjustment without having to use certain inertial forces on the position changing member. In this case, the change in the movement impulse is given by the change in direction of the speed vector.
  • the position change element forms the coupling between a friction plate which can be displaced via a guide wall delimiting the chamber and the print head.
  • a separate friction plate as a coupling offers the advantage that different forms of the position change members can be used with constant friction conditions between the friction plate and the guide wall, because the friction element is, as it were, normalized. It is also possible to obtain a precisely determined coefficient of friction for a relatively long time through the choice of material for the friction plate.
  • the friction plate can also be used to determine the magnitude of the relative movement that the position changing member performs with respect to the print head.
  • a further special embodiment of a matrix printer according to the invention is characterized in that the chamber is located in the carriage and the guide wall delimiting the chamber is part of a fixedly arranged guide profile extending parallel to the line direction and the print head with the carriage with respect to the guide profile from the first and second pressure state and vice versa is rotatable about an axis of rotation which is perpendicular to the line direction. Since the carriage can be rotated with the print head, the existing guide profile of the carriage can be used for guiding the rotary movement.
  • the matrix printer shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 contains a printhead 3, mounted on a carriage 1, of a type known per se with six electromagnetically displaceable printing pens, the printing ends 5 of which for writing lie on a vertical line.
  • the pressure pins are guided in a bearing 7 near their printing ends 5.
  • the print head 3 is attached to the carriage 1 with the aid of a wire bracket 9 known per se.
  • the carriage 1 can be moved along a paper guide 13 via a fixedly arranged guide profile 15 which extends parallel to the line direction and which.
  • the guide professional) 15 is U-shaped in cross section (see FIG. 2) and serves as a guide for the carriage 1, which consists of two snap-in parts, i. H. a front part 17 and a rear part 19.
  • the snap connections are located at the reference numbers 21 and 23 (FIGS. 1 and 2). Further similar snap connections between parts 17 and 19 of the carriage 1 are not given for the sake of simplicity.
  • the carriage 1 is guided along the guide profile 15 by means of a number of sliding plates 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 38 and a friction plate 39.
  • the friction plates 25, ..., 38 have different considerations with respect to the friction plate 39.
  • Both the sliding plates 25, ..., 38 and the friction plate 39 are located in chambers of the carriage 1.
  • the chambers of the sliding plates 25,... 37 are not designated with reference numerals.
  • the friction plate 39 is located in a particularly marked chamber 41, which is explained in more detail below. All sliding plates 25, ..., 38 are arranged with some play in the relevant chambers in order to allow a slight relative movement between the plates and the carriage 1.
  • the sliding plates 25, 29, 31, 33, 35 and 37 can also be tilted by hemispherical cams 43, 45, 47, 48, 49 and 51, respectively, which are formed in the walls of the relevant chambers.
  • the slide plate 27 is held against the guide profile 15 with a helical spring 53 (FIG. 2). This prevents static over-determination in a direction perpendicular to the row direction.
  • the slide plate 38 is also held pressed against the guide profile 15 with a helical spring 55.
  • the sliding plates 25, ..., 38 and the friction plate 39 ensure the guidance of the carriage 1 on the guide profile 15.
  • the carriage 1 is dimensioned such that there is clearance around the guide profile 15 between the carriage and the guide profile.
  • the carriage 1 is rotatable about a horizontal axis 57 (see FIG. 3) perpendicular to the line direction.
  • This axis of rotation 57 runs through the point of contact of the cam 48 with the slide plate 35 and thus perpendicular to the plane of the paper in FIG. 1.
  • the print head 3 can therefore also be rotated about the axis of rotation 57.
  • the rotation of the combination of the carriage 1 and the print head 3 is carried out by a position changing member which, in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 3 and 4, is designed as a circular cylindrical roller 59 which can roll and / or slide over the friction plate 39 that can slide over the guide profile 15 itself.
  • the roller 59 like the friction plate 39, is located in the chamber 41, the upper side 60 of the guide profile 15 forming a boundary.
  • the chamber 41 there is also a plate 63 arranged at an angle a with the row direction 61, which can be tilted about a rib 64 in the wall of the chamber 41 (FIG. 2).
  • the roller 59 can roll and / or slide over the surface of the plate 63 facing the friction plate 39.
  • the axis of the roller 59 runs perpendicular to the line direction.
  • the roller 59 bears against a first boundary wall 65 of the chamber 41, while the carriage 1 is moved in the direction of the arrow 67 via the guide profile 15.
  • a first, second boundary wall 69 lies opposite the first boundary wall 65.
  • the friction plate 39 bears against a third boundary wall 71, which lies opposite a fourth boundary wall 73.
  • the carriage 1 Shortly before the carriage 1 reaches the point of reversal from a rightward movement into a leftward movement at the end of a printed line, the carriage 1 is braked strongly for a short time.
  • the masses of the friction plate 39 and the roller 59 and the frictional forces on the friction plate 39 and on the roller 59 and the pressure force,. which the carriage 1 exerts on the roller 59 are such that the roller 59 bears against the second boundary wall 69 before the friction plate 39 bears against the fourth boundary wall 73.
  • the roller 59 and the second boundary wall 69 Since the distance between the roller 59 and the second boundary wall 69 is greater than the distance between the friction plate 39 and the fourth boundary wall 73, this means that the roller 59 must roll and / or slide over the friction plate 39 for some time before one Sliding process between the friction plate 39 and the guide profile 15 occurs. This is due to the selection of a relatively large coefficient of friction between the friction plate 39 and the guide profile 15 with respect to both the coefficient of friction between the roller 59 and the friction plate 39 and the coefficient of friction between the roller 59 and the plate 63 and the first boundary wall 65 and the second boundary wall 69 is reached.
  • the time at which the roller 59 and the friction plate 39 are put on can be either before or after the time of the reversal of movement, depending on the magnitude of the mass inertia forces concerned.
  • the carriage 1 rotates together with the print head 3 over a certain angle about the axis of rotation 57 (see FIGS. 1 and 3).
  • This rotation causes the print head 3 to drop by a distance of 0.09 mm in the present case.
  • the horizontal displacement of the printhead due to the rotation around the axis 57 is negligible, and with it the resulting obliquity of the printed characters, because the distance between the axis 57 and the roller 59 is relatively large.
  • printing is then carried out from right to left between the drawing elements which were already printed in the same line during the movement from left to right. The vertical distance between these drawing elements was 0.18 mm.
  • the printhead 3 can also be equipped with a plurality of printhead columns.
  • printheads with two printhead columns are frequently used.
  • These two printing pin columns can possibly be arranged offset from one another.
  • the vertical distance between the first printing pin from the first column and the first printing pin from the second column is often 0.18 mm, while the vertical distance between two successive printing pins in the same column of printing pins is 0.36 mm.
  • the carriage 1 When the movement is reversed at the end of the carriage movement from right to left, the carriage 1 is raised with the print head 3 by the same distance by which the combination mentioned has decreased during the last movement reversal.
  • the roller 59 moves from the second boundary wall 69 to the first boundary wall 65.
  • the roller 59 abuts the boundary wall 65 before the friction plate 39 bears against the third boundary wall 71.
  • the time of application can be either before or after the time of the reversal of movement depending on the magnitude of the inertial forces on the roller 59 or the friction plate 39.
  • the braking of the car can be carried out over a relatively long time.
  • the change of the boundary wall is effected entirely and directly after the reversal of movement on the left side.
  • the rod 75 consists of a rod 75 with rounded ends 77 and 79.
  • the rod 75 forms the coupling between the carriage 1 and the friction plate 39.
  • the carriage 1 and the friction plate 39 with bearing recesses 81 and 83 equipped.
  • the distance a between the end 85 of the friction plate 39 and the fourth boundary wall 73 of the chamber 41 is so large that after the reversal of movement from the direction of movement of the carriage 1, which is indicated by the arrow 67, the Bearing recess 83, seen in the vertical direction, lies below the bearing recess 81, the rod 75 being in the vertical position.
  • the friction plate 39 thus not only fulfills the function of a sliding element with a precisely determined friction behavior, but also serves as a limiter of the tilt angle ⁇ of the tilting rod 75 or by a combination of the effect of the inertial force exerted on the friction plate 39 and the rod 75 when the carriage 1 is braked and the movement reversal.
  • the boundary wall can even be changed completely before the moment of reversal of movement, if the braking of the carriage 1 is effected in a sufficiently short time.
  • the combination of the carriage 1 and the print head 3 is rotated counterclockwise about such an angle about the axis of rotation 57 that the combination mentioned is again 0.09 mm in more vertical Direction is pushed up.
  • the displacement of the combination in the horizontal direction is negligibly small due to the relatively large distance between the axis of rotation 57 and the bearing recess 81.
  • the tilting angle ⁇ of the rod 75 is possible to have the tilting angle ⁇ of the rod 75 not determined indirectly by the stroke that the friction plate 39 can perform with respect to the carriage 1, but in a direct manner.
  • the first boundary wall 65 and the second boundary wall 69 are provided with mutually opposite lugs, against which the rod 75 can rest.
  • the chamber 41 is completely in the carriage 1, it is possible to use a chamber which is partly in the carriage 1 and partly in the print head 3.
  • the friction plate 39 is in the carriage 1, while the inclined plate 63 is in the print head 3.
  • the height adjustment is carried out by a relative movement of the print head 3 with respect to the carriage 1.
  • the print head 3 can contain printing elements of various types which are suitable for matrix printing.
  • the printing elements consist of electrodes for electrostatic printing or of ink tubes that send ink drops to the data carrier.
  • position change elements can also be used on both sides of the print head.
  • the axis of rotation 57 does not exist. Such an embodiment offers the advantage that the carriage 1 can be made narrower.

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Die Erfindung betrifft einen Matrixdrucker mit einer entlang einer Papierführung hin und her bewegbaren Kombination eines Wagens und eines darauf befindlichen Druckkopfs, der eine erste Druckstellung zum Drucken von Zeichenelementen bei einer Bewegung von links nach rechts und eine zweite Druckstellung zum Drucken von Zeichenelementen bei einer Bewegung von rechts nach links aufweist, wobei die Zeichenelemente eines bestimmten Druckelements im Druckkopf, die bei der Bewegung des Druckkopfs nach rechts auf dem Papier abgedruckt sind, in bezug auf die Zeichenelemente dieses gleichen Druckelements, die bei der Bewegung nach links auf dem Papier abgedruckt sind, in vertikaler Richtung über eine Strecke verschoben sind, die ein Teil des vertikalen Abstands zwischen zwei aufeinanderfolgenden Druckelementen im Druckkopf ist.The invention relates to a matrix printer with a combination of a carriage and a print head located thereon which can be moved back and forth along a paper guide and which has a first printing position for printing drawing elements when moving from left to right and a second printing position for printing drawing elements when moving right to left, wherein the drawing elements of a certain print element in the print head, which are printed on the paper when the print head moves to the right, with respect to the drawing elements of this same print element which are printed on the paper when the print head moves to the left, in are shifted vertically over a distance that is part of the vertical distance between two successive print elements in the print head.

Bei einem aus der US-PS 4 086 997 bekannten Matrixdrucker der eingangs angegebenen Art wird die Höhe des Druckkopfs in bezug auf die Papierführung durch das Erregen eines Elektromagneten eingestellt, dessen Anker über einen Hebel mit einem Exzenter verbunden ist, der mit einem Teil der Längsführung des Wagens zusammenarbeitet. Die Höheneinstellung des Druckkopfs erfolgt durch die Drehung des Druckkopfs um eine Achse parallel zur Zeilenrichtung. Da die Höheneinstellung des Druckkopfs wahlweise erfolgen kann, ist die Wahl zwischen Zeichen gegeben, deren zusammengesetzte Elemente (Punktabdrucke) verhältnismäßig weit auseinander liegen, und Zeichen, deren zusammengesetzte Elemente verhältnismäßig nahe beieinander liegen oder einander .sogar überlappen.In a matrix printer of the type specified in US Pat. No. 4,086,997, the height of the print head in relation to the paper guide is set by energizing an electromagnet, the armature of which is connected via a lever to an eccentric which is connected to a part of the longitudinal guide of the car works together. The printhead is adjusted in height by rotating the printhead around an axis parallel to the line direction. Since the height of the print head can be set optionally, there is a choice between characters whose composite elements (dot imprints) are relatively far apart and characters whose composite elements are relatively close to one another or even overlap.

Für viele Anwendungen ist es jedoch notwendig, daß die zusammengesetzten Elemente des gedruckten Zeichens immer verhältnismäßig nahe beieinander liegen oder einander überlappen. Dies ist beispielsweise der Fall in sog. textverarbeitenden Geräten. Obgleich bei derartigen Anwendungen eine elektromagnetische Höheneinstellung des Druckkopfs verwendbar sein könnte, ist eine derartige Höheneinstellung verhältnismäßig teuer, weil sie mehr bietet als erforderlich ist, d. h. die wahlweise Einstellung.However, for many applications it is necessary that the composite elements of the printed character are always relatively close together or overlap. This is the case, for example, in so-called text processing devices. Although an electromagnetic height adjustment of the printhead could be used in such applications, such a height adjustment is relatively expensive because it offers more than is required, i. H. the optional setting.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, einen Matrixdrucker der eingangs erwähnten Art zu schaffen, mit dem auf einfache Weise völlig automatisch Zeichen gedruckt werden können, deren zusammengesetzten Elemente verhältnismäßig nahe beieinander liegen, wofür außerdem eine verhältnismäßig geringe Anzahl von Druckelementen benutzt wird.The invention has for its object to provide a matrix printer of the type mentioned, with which characters can be printed completely automatically in a simple manner, the composite elements of which are relatively close to one another, for which purpose a relatively small number of printing elements is also used.

Diese Aufgabe wird mit einem Matrixdrucker erfindungsgemäß dadurch gelöst, daß die Kombination des Wagens und des Druckkopfs mit einer Kammer versehen ist, in der sich ein Stellungswechselorgan befindet, das in bezug auf diese Kombination durch eine Änderung im Bewegungsimpuls des Druckkopfs relativ verschiebbar ist und damit den Druckkopf durch die Impulsänderung von der einen in die andere Druckstellung bringt.This object is achieved with a matrix printer according to the invention in that the combination of the carriage and the print head is provided with a chamber in which there is a position change element which is relatively displaceable with respect to this combination by a change in the movement pulse of the print head and thus the Moving the print head from one to the other by changing the momentum.

Da eine Änderung des Bewegungsimpulses (Produkt aus Masse und Geschwindigkeitsvektor) des Druckkopfs immer im Bereich am Anfang oder am Ende einer Zeile auftritt, ist eine automatische Höheneinstellung des Druckkopfs erhalten, ohne daß dabei verhältnismäßig teure Mittel wie Elektromagneten verwendet werden müssen. In diesem Bereich kann auch die Bewegungsumkehr des Druckkopfs benutzt werden, um eine relative Verschiebung des Stellungswechselorgans zu erreichen. Im allgemeinen kann gesagt werden, daß die Strecke, in der die Höheneinstellung erfolgt, sowohl vor oder nach dem Umkehrpunkt als auch zu beiden Seiten des Umkehrpunkts (zeitlich gesehen) liegen kann. Besonders einfach und vorteilhaft ist es, im wesentlichen oder weitgehend die Bewegungsumkehr selbst für die Höheneinstellung zu benutzen, ohne daß bestimmte Massenträgheitskräfte auf das Stellungswechselorgan auszunutzen sind. Die Änderung im Bewegungsimpuls ist in diesem Fall durch den Richtungswechsel des Geschwindigkeitsvektors gegeben.Since a change in the movement impulse (product of mass and speed vector) of the print head always occurs in the area at the beginning or at the end of a line, an automatic height adjustment of the print head is obtained without having to use relatively expensive means such as electromagnets. In this area, the reversal of movement of the print head can also be used in order to achieve a relative displacement of the position change element. In general, it can be said that the distance in which the height adjustment takes place can lie either before or after the reversal point or on both sides of the reversal point (in terms of time). It is particularly simple and advantageous to essentially or largely use the reversal of movement itself for the height adjustment without having to use certain inertial forces on the position changing member. In this case, the change in the movement impulse is given by the change in direction of the speed vector.

Bei einer besonderen Ausführungsform eines Matrixdruckers nach der Erfindung bildet das Stellungswechselorgan die Kopplung zwischen einer über eine die Kammer begrenzende Führungswand verschiebbaren Reibungsplatte und dem Druckkopf. Die Verwendung einer gesonderten Reibungsplatte als Kopplung bietet den Vorteil, daß verschiedene Formen der Stellungswechselorgane bei gleichbleibenden Reibungsumständen zwischen Reibungsplatte und Führungswand benutzt werden können, weil das Reibungselement gleichsam normalisiert ist. Weiter ist es möglich, einen genau bestimmten Reibungskoeffizienten für verhältnismäßig lange Zeit durch die Materialwahl der Reibungsplatte zu erhalten. Die Reibungsplatte kann außerdem noch zur Bestimmung der Größe der relativen Bewegung ausgenutzt werden, die das Stellungswechselorgan in bezug auf den Druckkopf ausführt.In a special embodiment of a matrix printer according to the invention, the position change element forms the coupling between a friction plate which can be displaced via a guide wall delimiting the chamber and the print head. The use of a separate friction plate as a coupling offers the advantage that different forms of the position change members can be used with constant friction conditions between the friction plate and the guide wall, because the friction element is, as it were, normalized. It is also possible to obtain a precisely determined coefficient of friction for a relatively long time through the choice of material for the friction plate. The friction plate can also be used to determine the magnitude of the relative movement that the position changing member performs with respect to the print head.

Eine weitere besondere Ausführungsform eines erfindungsgemäßen Matrixdruckers ist dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sich die Kammer im Wagen befindet und die die Kammer begrenzende Führungswand ein Teil eines sich parallel zur Zeilenrichtung erstreckenden, fest angeordneten Führungsprofils ist und der Druckkopf mit dem Wagen in bezug auf das Führungsprofil vom ersten und zweiten Druckzustand und umgekehrt um eine Drehungsachse drehbar ist, die senkrecht zur Zeilenrichtung verläuft. Da der Wagen mit dem Druckkopf drehbar ist, kann für die Führung der Drehbewegung das bereits vorhandene Führungsprofil des Wagens ausgenutzt werden.A further special embodiment of a matrix printer according to the invention is characterized in that the chamber is located in the carriage and the guide wall delimiting the chamber is part of a fixedly arranged guide profile extending parallel to the line direction and the print head with the carriage with respect to the guide profile from the first and second pressure state and vice versa is rotatable about an axis of rotation which is perpendicular to the line direction. Since the carriage can be rotated with the print head, the existing guide profile of the carriage can be used for guiding the rotary movement.

Ein Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung wird nachstehend an Hand der Zeichnung näher erläutert.An embodiment of the invention is explained below with reference to the drawing.

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  • Figur 1 eine Vorderansicht eines Matrixdruckers nach der Erfindung zum Teil im Schnitt,
  • Figur 2 eine Seitenansicht bzw. einen Schnitt entlang der Linie 11-11 des Matrixdruckers nach Fig. 1,
  • Figur 3 eine Draufsicht auf den Matrixdrucker nach Fig. 1,
  • Figur 4 in der Vergrößerung das Stellungswechselorgan, das im Matrixdrucker nach Fig. 1, 2 und 3 verwendet ist,
  • Figur 5 in der Vergrößerung ein alternatives Stellungswechselorgan, das in einem erfindungsgemäßen Matrixdrucker verwendbar ist.
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  • FIG. 1 shows a front view of a matrix printer according to the invention, partly in section,
  • FIG. 2 shows a side view or a section along the line 11-11 of the matrix printer according to FIG. 1,
  • FIG. 3 shows a top view of the matrix printer according to FIG. 1,
  • FIG. 4 shows an enlargement of the position change element used in the matrix printer according to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3,
  • FIG. 5 shows an alternative position change element, which can be used in a matrix printer according to the invention.

Der in Fig. 1, 2 und 3 dargestellte Matrixdrucker enthält einen auf einen Wagen 1 montierten Druckkopf 3 eines an sich bekannten Typs mit sechs elektromagnetisch verschiebbaren Druckstiften, deren zum Schreiben bestimmte Druckenden 5 auf einer vertikalen Linie liegen. Nahe ihrer Druckenden 5 sind die Druckstifte in einem Lager 7 geführt. Der Druckkopf 3 ist mit Hilfe eines an sich bekannten Drahtbügels 9 am Wagen 1 befestigt. Mittels eines von einem Motor getriebenen Zugkabels 11 ist der Wagen 1 entlang einer Papierführung 13 über ein fest angeordnetes, sich parallel zur Zeilenrichtung erstreckendes Führungsprofil 15 hin und der bewegbar. Das Führungsprofi) 15 ist im Querschnitt U-förmig (siehe Fig. 2) und dient als Führung für den Wagen 1, der aus zwei einrastenden Teilen besteht, d. h. einem vorderen Teil 17 und einem rückwärtigen Teil 19. Die Einrastverbindungen befinden sich an der Stelle der Bezugsziffern 21 und 23 (Fig. 1 und 2). Weitere gleichartige Einrastverbindungen zwischen den Teilen 17 und 19 des Wagens 1 sind der Einfachheit halber nicht angegeben.The matrix printer shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 contains a printhead 3, mounted on a carriage 1, of a type known per se with six electromagnetically displaceable printing pens, the printing ends 5 of which for writing lie on a vertical line. The pressure pins are guided in a bearing 7 near their printing ends 5. The print head 3 is attached to the carriage 1 with the aid of a wire bracket 9 known per se. By means of a pull cable 11 driven by a motor, the carriage 1 can be moved along a paper guide 13 via a fixedly arranged guide profile 15 which extends parallel to the line direction and which. The guide professional) 15 is U-shaped in cross section (see FIG. 2) and serves as a guide for the carriage 1, which consists of two snap-in parts, i. H. a front part 17 and a rear part 19. The snap connections are located at the reference numbers 21 and 23 (FIGS. 1 and 2). Further similar snap connections between parts 17 and 19 of the carriage 1 are not given for the sake of simplicity.

Der Wagen 1 ist entlang des Führungsprofils 15 mittels einer Anzahl von Gleitplatten 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 38 und einer Reibungsplatte 39 geführt. Wie nachstehend näher erläutert, gelten hinsichtlich der Gleitplatten 25, ..., 38 andere Erwägungen hinsichtlich der Reibung als hinsichtlich der Reibungsplatte 39. Sowohl die Gleitplatten 25, ..., 38 als auch die Reibungsplatte 39 befinden sich in Kammern des Wagens 1. Die Kammern der Gleitplatten 25, ..., 37 sind der Einfachheit halber nicht näher mit Bezugsziffern bezeichnet. Die Reibungsplatte 39 befindet sich in einer insbesondere gekennzeichneten Kammer 41, die nachstehend näher erläutert wird. Sämtliche Gleitplatten 25, ..., 38 sind mit einigem Spiel in den betreffenden Kammern angeordnet, um eine geringe relative Bewegung zwischen den Platten und dem Wagen 1 zu ermöglichen. Zum Erreichen der relativen Bewegung sind außerdem die Gleitplatten 25, 29, 31, 33, 35 und 37 um halbkugelförmige Nocken 43, 45, 47, 48, 49 bzw. 51 kippbar, die in den Wänden der betreffenden Kammern gebildet sind. Die Gleitplatte 27 wird mit einer Schraubenfeder 53 (Fig. 2) an das Führungsprofil 15 gedrückt gehalten. Hierdurch wird eine statische Überbestimmtheit in einer Richtung senkrecht zur Zeilenrichtung verhindert. Aus weiteren, näher zu erläuternden Gründen wird auch die Gleitplatte 38 mit einer Schraubenfeder 55 an das Führungsprofil 15 gedrückt gehalten. Die Gleitplatten 25, ..., 38 und die Reibungsplatte 39 sorgen für die Führung des Wagens 1 an dem Führungsprofil 15. Der Wagen 1 ist derart bemessen, daß um das Führungsprofil 15 herum Spielraum zwischen dem Wagen und dem Führungsprofil vorhanden ist.The carriage 1 is guided along the guide profile 15 by means of a number of sliding plates 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 38 and a friction plate 39. As explained in more detail below, the friction plates 25, ..., 38 have different considerations with respect to the friction plate 39. Both the sliding plates 25, ..., 38 and the friction plate 39 are located in chambers of the carriage 1. For the sake of simplicity, the chambers of the sliding plates 25,... 37 are not designated with reference numerals. The friction plate 39 is located in a particularly marked chamber 41, which is explained in more detail below. All sliding plates 25, ..., 38 are arranged with some play in the relevant chambers in order to allow a slight relative movement between the plates and the carriage 1. To achieve the relative movement, the sliding plates 25, 29, 31, 33, 35 and 37 can also be tilted by hemispherical cams 43, 45, 47, 48, 49 and 51, respectively, which are formed in the walls of the relevant chambers. The slide plate 27 is held against the guide profile 15 with a helical spring 53 (FIG. 2). This prevents static over-determination in a direction perpendicular to the row direction. For further reasons to be explained in more detail, the slide plate 38 is also held pressed against the guide profile 15 with a helical spring 55. The sliding plates 25, ..., 38 and the friction plate 39 ensure the guidance of the carriage 1 on the guide profile 15. The carriage 1 is dimensioned such that there is clearance around the guide profile 15 between the carriage and the guide profile.

Der Wagen 1 ist um eine horizontale Achse 57 (siehe Fig. 3) senkrecht zur Zeilenrichtung drehbar. Diese Drehachse 57 verläuft durch den Berührungspunkt des Nockens 48 mit der Gleitplatte 35 und damit senkrecht zur Ebene des Papiers in Fig. 1. Zusammen mit dem Wagen 1 ist daher auch der Druckkopf 3 um die Drehachse 57 drehbar. Die Drehung der Kombination des Wagens 1 und des Druckkopfes 3 erfolgt durch ein Stellungswechselorgan, das bei den in Fig. 1, 2, 3 und 4 dargestellten Ausführungsform als eine kreiszylindrische Walze 59 ausgeführt ist, die über die Reibungsplatte 39 rollen und/oder gleiten kann, die selbst wieder über das Führungsprofil 15 gleiten kann. Die Walze 59 befindet sich wie die Reibungsplatte 39 in der Kammer 41, deren Oberseite 60 des Führungsprofils 15 eine Begrenzung bildet. In der Kammer 41 befindet sich weiter eine unter einem Winkel a mit der Zeilenrichtung 61 angeordnete Platte 63, die um eine Rippe 64 in der Wand der Kammer 41 (Fig. 2) kippbar ist. Die Walze 59 kann über die der Reibungsplatte 39 zugewandte Fläche der Platte 63 rollen und/oder gleiten. Die Achse der Walze 59 verläuft senkrecht zur Zeilenrichtung. Bei der in Fig. 4 dargestellten Stellung liegt die Walze 59 an einer ersten Begrenzungswand 65 der Kammer 41 an, während der Wagen 1 in der Richtung des Pfeiles 67 über das Führungsprofil 15 verschoben wird. Der ersten Begrenzungswand 65 gegenüber liegt eine parallele zweite Begrenzungswand 69. Die Reibungsplatte 39 liegt unter den beschriebenen Umständen an einer dritten Begrenzungswand 71 an, der gegenüber eine vierte Begrenzungswand 73 liegt.The carriage 1 is rotatable about a horizontal axis 57 (see FIG. 3) perpendicular to the line direction. This axis of rotation 57 runs through the point of contact of the cam 48 with the slide plate 35 and thus perpendicular to the plane of the paper in FIG. 1. Together with the carriage 1, the print head 3 can therefore also be rotated about the axis of rotation 57. The rotation of the combination of the carriage 1 and the print head 3 is carried out by a position changing member which, in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 3 and 4, is designed as a circular cylindrical roller 59 which can roll and / or slide over the friction plate 39 that can slide over the guide profile 15 itself. The roller 59, like the friction plate 39, is located in the chamber 41, the upper side 60 of the guide profile 15 forming a boundary. In the chamber 41 there is also a plate 63 arranged at an angle a with the row direction 61, which can be tilted about a rib 64 in the wall of the chamber 41 (FIG. 2). The roller 59 can roll and / or slide over the surface of the plate 63 facing the friction plate 39. The axis of the roller 59 runs perpendicular to the line direction. In the position shown in FIG. 4, the roller 59 bears against a first boundary wall 65 of the chamber 41, while the carriage 1 is moved in the direction of the arrow 67 via the guide profile 15. A first, second boundary wall 69 lies opposite the first boundary wall 65. Under the circumstances described, the friction plate 39 bears against a third boundary wall 71, which lies opposite a fourth boundary wall 73.

Kurz bevor der Wagen 1 den Umkehrpunkt von einer Rechtsbewegung in eine Linksbewegung am Ende einer gedruckten Zeile erreicht, erfolgt kurze Zeit eine starke Bremsung des Wagens 1. Die Massen der Reibungsplatte 39 und der Walze 59 sowie die Reibungskräfte auf die Reibungsplatte 39 und auf die Walze 59 und die Druckkraft, . die der Wagen 1 auf die Walze 59 ausübt, sind derart, daß die Walze 59 sich an die zweite Begrenzungswand 69 anlegt, bevor die Reibungsplatte 39 sich an die vierte Begrenzungswand 73 anlegt. Da der Abstand zwischen der Walze 59 und der zweiten Begrenzungswand 69 größer als der Abstand zwischen der Reibungsplatte 39 und der vierten Begrenzungswand 73 ist, bedeutet dies, daß die Walze 59 bereits einige Zeit über die Reibungsplatte 39 rollen und/oder gleiten muß, bevor ein Gleitvorgang zwischen der Reibungsplatte 39 und dem Führungsprofil 15 auftritt. Dies wird durch die Wahl eines verhältnismäßig großen Reibungskoeffizienten zwischen der Reibungsplatte 39 und dem Führungsprofil 15 in bezug sowohl auf den Reibungskoeffizienten zwischen der Walze 59 und der Reibungsplatte 39 als auch auf den Reibungskoeffizienten zwischen der Walze 59 und der Platte 63 bzw. der ersten Begrenzungswand 65 und der zweiten Begrenzungswand 69 erreicht. Der Zeitpunkt des Anlegens der Walze 59 und Reibungsplatte 39 kann sowohl vor als auch nach dem Zeitpunkt der Bewegungsumkehr in Abhängigkeit von der Größe der betreffenden Massenträgheitskräfte liegen.Shortly before the carriage 1 reaches the point of reversal from a rightward movement into a leftward movement at the end of a printed line, the carriage 1 is braked strongly for a short time. The masses of the friction plate 39 and the roller 59 and the frictional forces on the friction plate 39 and on the roller 59 and the pressure force,. which the carriage 1 exerts on the roller 59 are such that the roller 59 bears against the second boundary wall 69 before the friction plate 39 bears against the fourth boundary wall 73. Since the distance between the roller 59 and the second boundary wall 69 is greater than the distance between the friction plate 39 and the fourth boundary wall 73, this means that the roller 59 must roll and / or slide over the friction plate 39 for some time before one Sliding process between the friction plate 39 and the guide profile 15 occurs. This is due to the selection of a relatively large coefficient of friction between the friction plate 39 and the guide profile 15 with respect to both the coefficient of friction between the roller 59 and the friction plate 39 and the coefficient of friction between the roller 59 and the plate 63 and the first boundary wall 65 and the second boundary wall 69 is reached. The time at which the roller 59 and the friction plate 39 are put on can be either before or after the time of the reversal of movement, depending on the magnitude of the mass inertia forces concerned.

Außerdem ist es möglich, in einer alternativen Ausführungsform die Bremsung der Bewegung nach rechts über eine verhältnismäßig lange Zeit zu bewirken. Die Walze 59 und die Reibungsplatte 39 liegen dabei bis zum Zeitpunkt der Bewegungsumkehr an den Begrenzungswänden 65 bzw. 71. Erst die Linksbewegung sofort nach der Bewegungsumkehr des Wagens sorgt dabei für den Wechsel der Begrenzungswand. Ein derartiger Wechsel ist beispielsweise möglich, wenn der Abstand zwischen der Reibungsplatte 39 und der vierten Begrenzungswand 73 größer als etwa das Zweifache des Abstands zwischen der Walze 59 und der zweiten Begrenzungswand 69 ist.In addition, in an alternative embodiment, it is possible to brake the movement to the right over a relatively long time. The roller 59 and the friction plate 39 lie on the boundary walls 65 and 71 until the moment of reversal of movement. Only the left movement immediately after the reversal of the movement of the carriage ensures that the boundary wall changes. Such a change is possible, for example, if the distance between the friction plate 39 and the fourth boundary wall 73 is greater than approximately twice the distance between the roller 59 and the second boundary wall 69.

Durch den Wechsel der Anlage der Walze 59 von der Begrenzungswand 65 zur Begrenzungswand 69 dreht sich der Wagen 1 zusammen mit dem Druckkopf 3 über einen bestimmten Winkel um die Drehachse 57 (siehe Fig. 1 und 3). Durch diese Drehung sinkt der Druckkopf 3 im vorliegenden Fall um eine Strecke von 0,09 mm ab. Die Horizontalverschiebung des Druckkopfs durch die Drehung um die Achse 57 ist vernachlässigbar klein und damit auch die dadurch entstandene Schrägheit der gedruckten Zeichen, weil der Abstand zwischen der Achse 57 und der Walze 59 verhältnismäßig groß ist. Nachdem der Druckkopf 3 um eine vertikale Strecke von 0,09 mm abgesunken ist, wird anschließend von rechts nach links zwischen den Zeichenelementen gedruckt, die bei der Bewegung von links nach rechts in der gleichen Zeile bereits gedruckt waren. Der vertikale Abstand zwischen diesen Zeichenelementen war 0,18 mm.By changing the arrangement of the roller 59 from the boundary wall 65 to the boundary wall 69, the carriage 1 rotates together with the print head 3 over a certain angle about the axis of rotation 57 (see FIGS. 1 and 3). This rotation causes the print head 3 to drop by a distance of 0.09 mm in the present case. The horizontal displacement of the printhead due to the rotation around the axis 57 is negligible, and with it the resulting obliquity of the printed characters, because the distance between the axis 57 and the roller 59 is relatively large. After the print head 3 has descended by a vertical distance of 0.09 mm, printing is then carried out from right to left between the drawing elements which were already printed in the same line during the movement from left to right. The vertical distance between these drawing elements was 0.18 mm.

Es sei bemerkt, daß der Druckkopf 3 auch mit mehren Druckstiftenspalten ausgerüstet sein kann. Häufig benutzt werden beispielsweise Druckköpfe mit zwei Druckstiftenspalten. Diese zwei Druckstiftenspalten können möglicherweise gegeneinander versetzt angeordnet sein. Bei versetzten Druckstiftenspalten ist der vertikale Abstand zwischen dem ersten Druckstift aus der ersten Spalte und dem ersten Druckstift aus der zweiten Spalte oft 0,18 mm, während der vertikale Abstand zwischen zwei aufeinanderfolgenden Druckstiften in der gleichen Spalte von Druckstiften dabei 0,36 mm beträgt.It should be noted that the printhead 3 can also be equipped with a plurality of printhead columns. For example, printheads with two printhead columns are frequently used. These two printing pin columns can possibly be arranged offset from one another. In the case of offset printing pin columns, the vertical distance between the first printing pin from the first column and the first printing pin from the second column is often 0.18 mm, while the vertical distance between two successive printing pins in the same column of printing pins is 0.36 mm.

Bei der Bewegungsumkehr am Ende des Wagenbewegungs von rechts nach links wird der Wagen 1 mit dem Druckkopf 3 um die gleiche Strecke angehoben, um die die erwähnte Kombination bei der zuletzt erfolgten Bewegungsumkehr abgesunken ist. Bereits beim Bremsen des Wagens 1 verschiebt sich die Walze 59 von der zweiten Begrenzungswand 69 zur ersten Begrenzungswand 65. Die Anlage der Walze 59 an der Begrenzungswand 65 erfolgt, bevor die Reibungsplatte 39 sich an die dritte Begrenzungswand 71 anlegt. Der Zeitpunkt des Anlegens kann sowohl vor als auch nach dem Zeitpunkt der Bewegungsumkehr abhängig von der Größe der Massenträgheitskräfte auf die Walze 59 bzw. die Reibungsplatte 39 liegen. Bei der Ausnutzung der Bewegungsumkehr zum Überbrücken des restlichen Abstands der Walze 59 zur Begrenzungswand 65 darf der Massenträgheitseffekt also nie so groß sein, daß sich die Walze 59 bereits vor der Bewegungsumkehr anlegt.When the movement is reversed at the end of the carriage movement from right to left, the carriage 1 is raised with the print head 3 by the same distance by which the combination mentioned has decreased during the last movement reversal. When the car 1 is braked, the roller 59 moves from the second boundary wall 69 to the first boundary wall 65. The roller 59 abuts the boundary wall 65 before the friction plate 39 bears against the third boundary wall 71. The time of application can be either before or after the time of the reversal of movement depending on the magnitude of the inertial forces on the roller 59 or the friction plate 39. When utilizing the reversal of motion to bridge the remaining distance between the roller 59 and the boundary wall 65, the mass inertia effect must therefore never be so great that the roller 59 engages before the reversal of motion.

Wie bei der Bewegungsumkehr an der rechten Seite kann auch bei der Bewegungsumkehr an der linken Seite die Bremsung des Wagens über eine verhältnismäßig lange Zeit durchgeführt werden. Der Wechsel der Begrenzungswand wird in dieser bereits erwähnten alternativen Ausführungsform voll und ganz direkt nach der Bewegungsumkehr an der linken Seite bewirkt.As with the reversal of movement on the right side, with reversal of movement on the left side, the braking of the car can be carried out over a relatively long time. In this alternative embodiment already mentioned, the change of the boundary wall is effected entirely and directly after the reversal of movement on the left side.

Das in Fig. 5 dargestellte alternative Stellungswechselorgan besteht aus einem Stab 75 mit gerundeten Enden 77 und 79. Der Stab 75 bildet die Kopplung zwischen dem Wagen 1 und der Reibungsplatte 39. Dazu sind der Wagen 1 bzw. die Reibungsplatte 39 mit Lagerungsausnehmungen 81 und 83 ausgerüstet. In der in Fig. 5 dargestellten Situation ist der Abstand a zwischen dem Ende 85 der Reibungsplatte 39 und der vierten Begrenzungswand 73 der Kammer 41 so groß, daß nach der Bewegungsumkehr von der Bewegungsrichtung des Wagens 1, die mit dem Pfeil 67 angegeben ist, die Lagerausnehmung 83 in vertikaler Richtung gesehen unter der Lagerungsausnehmung 81 liegt, wobei der Stab 75 in der vertikalen Stellung steht. Die Reibungsplatte 39 erfüllt in der Ausführungsform nach Fig. 5 also nicht nur die Funktion eines Gleitelements mit einem genau bestimmten Reibungsverhalten, sondern dient weiter als Begrenzer des Kippwinkels β des Kippstabs 75. Der Wechsel der Begrenzungswand durch die Reibungsplatte 39 kann wieder ausschließlich durch die Bewegungsumkehr oder durch eine Kombination des Effekts der Massenträgheitskraft, die beim Bremsen des Wagens 1 auf die Reibungsplatte 39 und den Stab 75 ausgeübt wird, und der Bewegungsumkehr erfolgen. Der Wechsel der Begrenzungswand kann sogar vollständig vor dem Zeitpunkt der Bewegungsumkehr erfolgen, wenn die Bremsung des Wagens 1 in genügend kurzer Zeit bewirkt wird. Beim Kippen des Stabes 75 über den Winkel β aus der in Fig. 5 dargestellten Stellung wird die Kombination des Wagens 1 und des Druckkopfs 3 über einen derartigen Winkel im Gegenuhrzeigersinn um die Drehachse 57 gedreht, daß die erwähnte Kombination wieder um 0,09 mm in vertikaler Richtung hochgedrückt wird. Die Verschiebung der Kombination in horizontaler Richtung ist durch den verhältnismäßig großen Abstand zwischen der Drehachse 57 und der Lagerungsausnehmung 81 vernachlässigbar klein.5 consists of a rod 75 with rounded ends 77 and 79. The rod 75 forms the coupling between the carriage 1 and the friction plate 39. For this purpose, the carriage 1 and the friction plate 39 with bearing recesses 81 and 83 equipped. In the situation shown in Fig. 5, the distance a between the end 85 of the friction plate 39 and the fourth boundary wall 73 of the chamber 41 is so large that after the reversal of movement from the direction of movement of the carriage 1, which is indicated by the arrow 67, the Bearing recess 83, seen in the vertical direction, lies below the bearing recess 81, the rod 75 being in the vertical position. In the embodiment according to FIG. 5, the friction plate 39 thus not only fulfills the function of a sliding element with a precisely determined friction behavior, but also serves as a limiter of the tilt angle β of the tilting rod 75 or by a combination of the effect of the inertial force exerted on the friction plate 39 and the rod 75 when the carriage 1 is braked and the movement reversal. The boundary wall can even be changed completely before the moment of reversal of movement, if the braking of the carriage 1 is effected in a sufficiently short time. When the rod 75 is tilted via the angle β from the position shown in FIG. 5, the combination of the carriage 1 and the print head 3 is rotated counterclockwise about such an angle about the axis of rotation 57 that the combination mentioned is again 0.09 mm in more vertical Direction is pushed up. The displacement of the combination in the horizontal direction is negligibly small due to the relatively large distance between the axis of rotation 57 and the bearing recess 81.

Es sei bemerkt, daß die Möglichkeit gegeben ist, den Kippwinkel β des Stabes 75 nicht auf indirekte Weise durch den Hub bestimmen zu lassen, den die Reibungsplatte 39 in bezug auf den Wagen 1 ausführen kann, sondern auf direkte Weise. In diesem Fall sind die erste Begrenzungswand 65 und die zweite Begrenzungswand 69 mit einander gegenüberliegenden Ansätzen versehen, an die sich der Stab 75 anlegen kann.It should be noted that it is possible to have the tilting angle β of the rod 75 not determined indirectly by the stroke that the friction plate 39 can perform with respect to the carriage 1, but in a direct manner. In this case, the first boundary wall 65 and the second boundary wall 69 are provided with mutually opposite lugs, against which the rod 75 can rest.

Obgleich die Kammer 41 sich bei der beschriebenen Ausführungsform des Matrixdruckers vollständig im Wagen 1 befindet, ist es möglich, eine Kammer zu verwenden, die teilweise im Wagen 1 und zum Teil im Druckkopf 3 liegt. Die Reibungsplatte 39 befindet sich dabei im Wagen 1, während die schräg gestellte Platte 63 sich im Druckkopf 3 befindet. Die Höheneinstellung erfolgt dabei durch eine relative Bewegung des Druckkopfs 3 in bezug auf den Wagen 1. Weiter sei erwähnt, daß der Druckkopf 3 Druckelemente von verschiedenen Typen enthalten kann, die sich für Matrixdruck eignen. So ist beispielsweise die Möglichkeit gegeben, daß die Druckelemente aus Elektroden für elektrostatischen Druck oder aus Tintenröhrchen bestehen, die Tintentropfen zum Datenträger senden.Although in the described embodiment of the matrix printer the chamber 41 is completely in the carriage 1, it is possible to use a chamber which is partly in the carriage 1 and partly in the print head 3. The friction plate 39 is in the carriage 1, while the inclined plate 63 is in the print head 3. The height adjustment is carried out by a relative movement of the print head 3 with respect to the carriage 1. It should also be mentioned that the print head 3 can contain printing elements of various types which are suitable for matrix printing. For example, there is the possibility that the printing elements consist of electrodes for electrostatic printing or of ink tubes that send ink drops to the data carrier.

Schließlich sei bemerkt, daß auch Stellungswechselorgane an beiden Seiten des Druckkopfs benutzt werden können. Die Drehachse 57 existiert dabei nicht. Eine derartige Ausführungsform bietet den Vorteil, daß der Wagen 1 schmaler ausgeführt werden kann.Finally, it should be noted that position change elements can also be used on both sides of the print head. The axis of rotation 57 does not exist. Such an embodiment offers the advantage that the carriage 1 can be made narrower.

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1. A matrix printer comprising a combination of a carriage and a printing head which is mounted thereon, said combination being movable to and fro along a paper guide, and said printing head having a first printing position for printing character elements during a pass from left to right and a second printing position for printing character elements during a pass from right to left, the character elements of a given printing element in the printing head which are printed on the paper during the movement of the printing head to the right being shifted in the vertical direction over a distance which amounts to a part of the vertical distance between two successive printing elements in the printing head with respect to the character elements of the same printing element which are printed on the paper during the movement to the left, characterized in that the combination formed by the carriage and the printing head comprises a chamber in which there is arranged a position changer which can be displaced relative to said combination by a variation of the impulse of movement of the printing head, the printing head thus being moved from one printing position to the other printing position by the impulse variation.
2. A matrix printer as claimed in Claim 1, characterized in that the position changer constitutes the coupling between the printing head and a friction plate which is slidable on a guide wall which bounds the chamber.
3. A matrix printer as claimed in Claim 2, characterized in that the position changer is a circular cylinder which is rollable on the friction plate and on a surface which is oppositely situated in the chamber at an angle with respect to the line direction and the friction plate, said cylinder abutting against a first boundary wall of the chamber in the first printing position and against a second boundary wall of the chamber, opposite the first boundary wall, in the second printing position, the two boundary walls and the axis of the circular cylinder being parallel to one another.
4. A matrix printer as claimed in Claim 2, characterized in that the position changer is a pivot rod, one end of which is journalled in the carriage whilst its other end is journalled in the friction plate, the pivot angle of the pivot rod being determined by abutments for the friction plate which are situated within the chamber.
5. A matrix printer as claimed in Claim 1, characterized in that the chamber is provided within the carriage, the guide wall bounding the chamber forming part of a stationary guide profile which extends parallel to the line direction, and the printing head and the carriage being pivotable with respect to the guide profile from the first printing position to the second printing position and vice versa about a pivot axis which extends perpendicularly to the line direction.
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