EP0113423B1 - Imprimante par percussion - Google Patents

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EP0113423B1
EP0113423B1 EP19830111940 EP83111940A EP0113423B1 EP 0113423 B1 EP0113423 B1 EP 0113423B1 EP 19830111940 EP19830111940 EP 19830111940 EP 83111940 A EP83111940 A EP 83111940A EP 0113423 B1 EP0113423 B1 EP 0113423B1
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hammers
printer
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EP0113423A2 (fr
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Ari Aviram
Zlata Kovac
Han Chung Wang
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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
    • B41J27/00—Inking apparatus
    • B41J27/20—Inking apparatus with ink supplied by capillary action, e.g. through porous type members, through porous platens
    • 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
    • B41J1/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the mounting, arrangement or disposition of the types or dies
    • B41J1/20—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the mounting, arrangement or disposition of the types or dies with types or dies mounted on endless bands or the like
    • 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
    • B41J2/485—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by the process of building-up characters or image elements applicable to two or more kinds of printing or marking processes
    • B41J2/495—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by the process of building-up characters or image elements applicable to two or more kinds of printing or marking processes by selective printing from a rotating helical member
    • 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
    • B41J9/00—Hammer-impression mechanisms
    • B41J9/02—Hammers; Arrangements thereof
    • B41J9/10—Hammers; Arrangements thereof of more than one hammer, e.g. one for each character position

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  • This invention relates to an impact printer for selectively printing information directly onto a print medium moving past a print location.
  • the electromechanic printing device according to FR-1 446 799 comprises a flexible belt movably supported by two wheels.
  • the belt is provided with printing elements.
  • An impact device strikes the printing elements for producing characters on a printing medium.
  • the 3,915,276 patent is referenced because it . shows an impact printer with print elements on a rotatable belt but uses a ribbon and does not print in color.
  • the 3,672,297 patent is of the same type as the 3,915,276 reference.
  • the 4,056,183 patent shows a matrix printer using a rotatable inked platen and the 4,069,755 patent shows a matrix wire printer using a rotatable ink stamp without a ribbon.
  • the 4,191,104 patent shows a printer with a rotating belt with print elements thereon.
  • the 4,194,846 patent shows an impact matrix printer wherein ink from a reservoir is directed to a printing element. No ribbon is used and no rotatable belt is employed.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide an impact printer that does not require a ribbon.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a ribbonless impact printer that prints in color.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a ribbonless impact color printer that prints in an all points addressable matrix mode.
  • Still another object of the present invention is to provide an all-points addressable ribbonless impact matrix color printer that incorporates ball-point print elements.
  • Still another object of the present invention is to provide an all-points addressable ribbonless impact matrix color printer that incorporates ball-point print elements on a rotating belt.
  • ball-point print elements 10 are mounted, for example molded, onto rotatable belt 12 with a predetermined spacing between the print elements.
  • Belt 12 is rotated continuously by drive pulley 26.
  • Print hammers 14 are placed behind paper 16 (FIG. 3) which is moved by paper drive mechanism 20.
  • Each ball-point print element 10 has an ink reservoir 18 (FIG. 3) or alternatively, several print elements may share one common ink reservoir separated into different chambers, each containing different color ink.
  • the ball-point print elements may be standard ball pen tips.
  • the resultant printing format on paper 16 is a function of the speed of print belt 12 and paper 16, the spacing between print elements 10, and the width and repetition rate of print hammers 14.
  • a line printer of 380 lines per minute is achieved.
  • faster printing speed can be achieved by mounting the ball-point print elements, onto the surface of a rotating cylinder as shown in FIG. 4.
  • the structure of FIG. 4, as in FIGS. 1, and 3, includes ball-point print elements 10, print hammers 14, paper 16, ink compartments 18, paper drive mechanism 20, and a shield or platen structure 24.
  • the printer may be embodied using either a rotating flexible belt or a rotating cylinder.

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Claims (1)

  1. Imprimante par percussion pour une impression sélective d'informations directement sur un milieu d'impression (16) se déplaçant devant un emplacement d'impression, comprenant:
    un support d'éléments d'impression sous la forme d'une courroie convoyeuse (12), qui est placé d'un premier côté du milieu d'impression en un emplacement d'impression,
    un pluralite d'éléments d'impression (10) montés sur le support d'éléments d'impression (12),
    une pluralité de marteaux d'impression (14) disposés au niveau de l'emplacement d'impression près du milieu d'impression et du côté opposé au premier côté, et
    un moyen (28) pour actionnner certains choisis des marteaux d'impression pour déplacer les marteaux d'impression pour mettre le milieu d'impression situé entre les éléments d'impression et les marteaux d'impression en contact avec des éléments d'impression amenés dans des positions faisant face aux marteaux d'impression associées, caractérisé en ce que
    les éléments d'impression sont des pointes de stylos à bille, chacune étant reliée à l'un distinct d'une pluralité de réservoirs d'encre (18) contenant soit la même encre soit des encres de couleurs différentes, pour appliquer l'encre directement sur ledit premier côté du milieu d'impression quand il est mis en contact avec elle.
EP19830111940 1983-01-06 1983-11-29 Imprimante par percussion Expired EP0113423B1 (fr)

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US45614283A 1983-01-06 1983-01-06
US456142 1989-12-21

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EP0113423A2 EP0113423A2 (fr) 1984-07-18
EP0113423A3 EP0113423A3 (en) 1986-07-16
EP0113423B1 true EP0113423B1 (fr) 1989-05-24

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FR1446799A (fr) * 1964-09-11 1966-07-22 Marconi Co Ltd Dispositifs d'impression électromécaniques
JPS5831141B2 (ja) * 1978-06-09 1983-07-04 日本電気株式会社 規制コ−ド統一方式
US4263847A (en) * 1978-09-20 1981-04-28 Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. Printing mechanism for dot matrix impact printers
JPS5541251A (en) * 1978-09-20 1980-03-24 Citizen Watch Co Ltd Cross point system dot printer
JPS5694339U (fr) * 1979-12-19 1981-07-27
JPS56144169A (en) * 1980-04-11 1981-11-10 Citizen Watch Co Ltd Dot matrix printer
JPS5831141U (ja) * 1981-08-24 1983-03-01 ソニー株式会社 インパクト型プリンタ装置

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JPH0316908B2 (fr) 1991-03-06
JPS59127773A (ja) 1984-07-23
EP0113423A3 (en) 1986-07-16
EP0113423A2 (fr) 1984-07-18
DE3379899D1 (en) 1989-06-29

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