GB1188637A - Typewriter or like Printing Device - Google Patents

Typewriter or like Printing Device

Info

Publication number
GB1188637A
GB1188637A GB041/69A GB14169A GB1188637A GB 1188637 A GB1188637 A GB 1188637A GB 041/69 A GB041/69 A GB 041/69A GB 14169 A GB14169 A GB 14169A GB 1188637 A GB1188637 A GB 1188637A
Authority
GB
United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
disc
hammer
type
carriage
photo
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired
Application number
GB041/69A
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Olivetti SpA
Original Assignee
Olivetti SpA
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Olivetti SpA filed Critical Olivetti SpA
Publication of GB1188637A publication Critical patent/GB1188637A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • 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
    • B41J1/22—Typewriters 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
    • B41J1/24—Typewriters 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
    • 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
    • B41J1/60—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the mounting, arrangement or disposition of the types or dies with types or dies on spherical, truncated-spherical, or like surfaces
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K15/00—Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data, e.g. computer output printers
    • G06K15/02—Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data, e.g. computer output printers using printers
    • G06K15/06—Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data, e.g. computer output printers using printers by type-wheel printers
    • Y—GENERAL 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
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S400/00—Typewriting machines
    • Y10S400/901—Continuously rotating type-head

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Character Spaces And Line Spaces In Printers (AREA)

Abstract

1,188,637. Selective printing. ING C. OLIVETTI & C S.p.A. 1 Jan., 1969 [29 Jan., 1968], No. 141/69. Heading B6F. A selective printer comprises a flat or dishedtype disc 14 of elastically flexible material such as steel, slotted as at 18 to provide a plurality of type-bearing sectors 17, the disc 14 being continuously rotated by a motor (not shown), driving a belt 9 through a pulley 10, a print hammer 20, and a photo-electric sensing device providing signals indicative of the angular position of the disc to determine the instant of impact of the hammer, the disc 14 being removably mounted on a disc support carriage 3 so as to be interchangeable with other type discs. The sensing device comprises a light source 44 which transmits light through the slots 18 to a photo-electric cell (45), Figs. 2, 3 (not shown), coupled to a counter, the counter being zeroized by a second photo-electric cell (46) when a larger slot 19 passes the source 44. Hammer impression arrangements.-The hammer 20 is pivotally mounted on a post 21 fixed to the carriage 3 and is urged by a spring 22 to engage a stop 23. The stop 23 is fixed to an armature 26 of an electromagnet 27 which when energized impels the hammer towards the disc 14, the hammer arm striking a post 62 so that the arm completes its travel under its own momentum. The hammer head 29 is pivoted to the arm 28 at 30 and coupled to the arm by a spring 31, to prevent the head from fouling sectors 17 of the disc 14 after an impression operation. Letter spacing.-A motor (not shown), which may also drive the disc 14, continuously drives gears 39, 37, the gear 37 frictionally engaging a ratchet wheel 35 owing to a spring 38. A pawl 36 normally prevents rotation of the ratchet wheel 35 but may be disengaged therefrom by an electromagnet 43 which may be energized in response to a pulse from the second photo-electric cell (46). Rotation of the ratchet wheel 35 by one tooth steps the carriage 3 one letter space through a screw 6 and nut 34. Type wheels; case shift mechanism.-The sectors 17 may each bear two type characters, the disc 14 being lifted as a whole for case shift. In a modification, the type-bearing disc may be dished (Fig. 4, not shown), so that the sectors (48) bearing the type are parallel to the rotational axis (54) of the disc, case shift being effected by axial movement of the disc by an electromagnet (61). The type disc is removable to permit a variety of input codes to be used. Carriage guides and races.-The carriage 3 runs on a guide 4 by means of rollers 5 mounted on ball-bearings.
GB041/69A 1968-01-29 1969-01-01 Typewriter or like Printing Device Expired GB1188637A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
IT5031468 1968-01-29

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
GB1188637A true GB1188637A (en) 1970-04-22

Family

ID=11272707

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GB041/69A Expired GB1188637A (en) 1968-01-29 1969-01-01 Typewriter or like Printing Device

Country Status (4)

Country Link
US (1) US3651916A (en)
DE (1) DE1905226C2 (en)
FR (1) FR1597830A (en)
GB (1) GB1188637A (en)

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2276934A1 (en) * 1974-07-01 1976-01-30 Qume Corp ROTATING WHEEL PRINTING DEVICE AND ITS ELECTRONIC CONTROL SYSTEM
US4338035A (en) * 1980-08-11 1982-07-06 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Printer

Families Citing this family (53)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2085581B1 (en) * 1970-01-29 1973-06-08 Honeywell Inf Systems
FR2100347A5 (en) * 1970-07-14 1972-03-17 Honeywell Inf Systems Italia
US3944052A (en) * 1970-09-04 1976-03-16 Thomas B. O'Reilly Single element flexible type drum
US3752069A (en) * 1971-07-01 1973-08-14 Ibm Back printer print line visibility control
US3804008A (en) * 1971-08-24 1974-04-16 Potter Instrument Co Inc Hammer actuating mechanism and drum design for printers
US3913722A (en) * 1972-08-28 1975-10-21 Ibm Drum printer
US3866215A (en) * 1973-04-09 1975-02-11 Karel Havel Electronic keyboard for typewriter
US4178107A (en) * 1973-06-19 1979-12-11 Ing. C. Olivetti & C., S.P.A. Typing device
IT986534B (en) * 1973-06-19 1975-01-30 Olivetti & Co Spa WRITING DEVICE IN SERIES WITH FLEXIBLE ALAMINE CHARACTER DISK
US3915279A (en) * 1973-11-29 1975-10-28 Ibm Printer type element deflection limiter
US3946852A (en) * 1974-03-11 1976-03-30 Texas Instruments Incorporated Printer
US3924725A (en) * 1974-06-28 1975-12-09 Ibm Dual array disc printer
JPS5418608B2 (en) * 1974-08-13 1979-07-09
DE2442688C2 (en) * 1974-09-06 1982-06-16 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München Arrangement for scanning a disk-shaped type carrier
US3949853A (en) * 1974-09-25 1976-04-13 Xerox Corporation Proportional-spaced character print wheel
CH582067A5 (en) * 1974-10-16 1976-11-30 Hermes Precisa International
DE2560105C2 (en) * 1974-12-28 1983-10-20 Ricoh Co., Ltd., Tokyo Type disc
US4106611A (en) * 1974-12-28 1978-08-15 Ricoh Company, Ltd. Serial printing apparatus
US3991873A (en) * 1975-06-11 1976-11-16 Hewlett-Packard Company Attaching print disc to drive in impact printers
US4018639A (en) * 1975-10-15 1977-04-19 Xerox Corporation Method of assembling a composite print wheel
US4071131A (en) * 1975-11-13 1978-01-31 Signode Corporation Electronic control system
JPS5264312A (en) * 1975-11-21 1977-05-27 Oki Electric Ind Co Ltd High speed printer
US4037707A (en) * 1976-03-08 1977-07-26 International Business Machines Corporation Cup shaped printer
IT1070333B (en) * 1976-04-21 1985-03-29 Olivetti & Co Spa SERIAL PRINTER PARTICULARLY FOR SILENT ELECTRICAL WRITING MACHINES
JPS52134513A (en) * 1976-05-01 1977-11-10 Ricoh Kk Petal type printing wheel
CA1121751A (en) * 1977-06-24 1982-04-13 Dan W. Matthias Character print wheel with drive elements
US4105341A (en) * 1977-08-10 1978-08-08 Lexitron Corporation Print element having flexible characters
US4149808A (en) * 1977-09-14 1979-04-17 Exxon Research & Engineering Co. Linear drive for a printing apparatus
US4202639A (en) * 1977-09-14 1980-05-13 Exxon Research & Engineering Co. Daisy loading apparatus
JPS5367530A (en) * 1977-10-20 1978-06-16 Nippon Electric Co Typewriter
JPS5492821A (en) * 1977-12-29 1979-07-23 Suwa Seikosha Kk Letter printing system
US4208141A (en) * 1978-09-19 1980-06-17 Xerox Corporation Serial printer with cable tensioning apparatus
US4512674A (en) * 1979-10-30 1985-04-23 Ricoh Co., Ltd. Printer cartridge and cartridge retaining means
JPH0222287Y2 (en) * 1979-10-30 1990-06-15
US4552475A (en) * 1979-10-30 1985-11-12 Ricoh Co., Ltd. Printer carriage and hammer assembly
US4319849A (en) * 1979-12-26 1982-03-16 International Business Machines Corporation Print hammer for high speed impact printer
US4392756A (en) * 1979-12-31 1983-07-12 Gold Star Company, Ltd. Serial printing apparatus
JPS56113486A (en) * 1980-02-14 1981-09-07 Seiko Epson Corp Serial printer
JPS56142086A (en) * 1980-04-08 1981-11-06 Ricoh Co Ltd Carriage device for printer using print wheel
GB2079680B (en) * 1980-07-09 1984-04-11 Pa Management Consult Daisy wheel printer
US4493571A (en) * 1981-10-09 1985-01-15 Iquad Company Incorporated Print guide mechanism
IT1145638B (en) * 1981-12-30 1986-11-05 Olivetti & Co Spa POSITIONING DEVICE FOR A SELECTION BODY OF PRINTER MACHINES
US4382703A (en) * 1982-04-19 1983-05-10 Xerox Corporation Print element shifter
US4440512A (en) * 1982-06-07 1984-04-03 Forcier Mitchell D Daisy wheel printer having low mass carriage
US4550302A (en) * 1982-11-09 1985-10-29 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Solenoid
JPS5996958A (en) * 1982-11-26 1984-06-04 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd Printer
DE3424045A1 (en) * 1983-06-30 1985-01-03 Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokio/Tokyo TYPE WHEEL PRINTER
US4525086A (en) * 1983-09-14 1985-06-25 International Business Machines Corporation Solenoid actuated pivotal printer hammer mechanism
US4494887A (en) * 1984-01-10 1985-01-22 Litton Systems, Inc. High speed printer assembly
US4576495A (en) * 1984-05-10 1986-03-18 Docutel/Olivetti Corporation Depository/printer mechanism for an automated teller machine
DE3680820D1 (en) * 1985-04-22 1991-09-19 Canon Kk FEEDER IN A PRINTER.
JP2519886B2 (en) * 1985-05-13 1996-07-31 セイコーエプソン株式会社 Small printer
DE3914256A1 (en) * 1989-04-29 1990-10-31 Olympia Aeg METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING A TYPE WHEEL

Family Cites Families (18)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US547146A (en) * 1895-10-01 Type-writing machine
US1037568A (en) * 1910-07-08 1912-09-03 Axel Ulrik Westfelt Sorting apparatus for coins.
US2161840A (en) * 1936-02-18 1939-06-13 Western Electric Co Selecting and typing means for printing telegraphs
US2182635A (en) * 1937-05-06 1939-12-05 Teletype Corp Printing telegraph apparatus
US3321768A (en) * 1960-05-12 1967-05-23 Burroughs Corp Electrostatic recording with interchangeable stencils
US3332068A (en) * 1963-08-23 1967-07-18 Ibm System for transferring data to a number of terminals
GB1053187A (en) * 1963-09-25
US3232404A (en) * 1964-08-11 1966-02-01 Navigation Computer Corp Keyboard operated printer with electrical means preventing operation of plural keys
US3289805A (en) * 1964-11-27 1966-12-06 Scm Corp Typewriter having typelevers mounted on a rotating member
US3344722A (en) * 1965-03-29 1967-10-03 Clary Corp Data recorder
FR1445559A (en) * 1965-05-12 1966-07-15 Electric typewriter
US3461235A (en) * 1965-08-17 1969-08-12 Ibm Data transmission system and printer
US3309989A (en) * 1965-09-16 1967-03-21 Gen Electric Print hammer
US3353418A (en) * 1965-09-17 1967-11-21 Ibm Acceleration and velocity surge control mechanism
US3356199A (en) * 1966-02-23 1967-12-05 Friden Inc Printer having type disk rotatable in a plane parallel to the printing line
US3371766A (en) * 1966-07-18 1968-03-05 Internat Telephone & Telegraph Printing apparatus
US3498439A (en) * 1967-07-21 1970-03-03 Frederick P Willcox Photo-optical code translator and selector
US3442365A (en) * 1967-09-29 1969-05-06 Friden Inc Font wheel aligning device

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2276934A1 (en) * 1974-07-01 1976-01-30 Qume Corp ROTATING WHEEL PRINTING DEVICE AND ITS ELECTRONIC CONTROL SYSTEM
US4338035A (en) * 1980-08-11 1982-07-06 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Printer

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
FR1597830A (en) 1970-06-29
US3651916A (en) 1972-03-28
DE1905226C2 (en) 1981-11-19
DE1905226A1 (en) 1969-09-04

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
GB1188637A (en) Typewriter or like Printing Device
US3168182A (en) Type wheel shifting and impacting means in high speed printers
JPS6213660U (en)
US3854563A (en) Arcuate printer
US3236351A (en) High speed matrix printer
US3442364A (en) Printing system with helical arrangement of type on type wheel
GB1425111A (en) High speed printed with intermittent print wheel with carriage movement
US3701318A (en) Skew control apparatus for feeding a wide-web ribbon in a high speed printer
GB1294629A (en) Printing apparatus
US3795187A (en) Impellers for impact printers
US2911085A (en) Wire printer with oscillatory print head
ES8103691A1 (en) Method of operating an impact printer having hammer flight time and velocity sensing means.
GB1321903A (en) Electrically operated typewriter
US3987884A (en) Printing apparatus with paper positioning tractor means and escapement means
ES486393A1 (en) Multiple type disk printing mechanism for typewriters or printers.
US3394853A (en) Timing disc for high speed printers
GB1090653A (en) Digital plotter
US3364852A (en) High-speed print drum with traveling print hammer
GB1528065A (en) Thermal printer
GB999374A (en) Printer hammer mech
US3253539A (en) Driving and supporting means for high speed printing drum
US3750794A (en) High speed print drum with traveling print hammer
US3869980A (en) High speed data processor line printer
GB1501564A (en) Print ribbon drive mechanism
US3291042A (en) High speed printing mechanism

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PS Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee