US2895584A - Single element printing head - Google Patents

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US2895584A
US2895584A US547481A US54748155A US2895584A US 2895584 A US2895584 A US 2895584A US 547481 A US547481 A US 547481A US 54748155 A US54748155 A US 54748155A US 2895584 A US2895584 A US 2895584A
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John E Hickerson
Ralph E Page
James A Weidenhammer
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International Business Machines Corp
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Priority to NL212217D priority Critical patent/NL212217A/xx
Priority to NL100449D priority patent/NL100449C/xx
Priority to BE552643D priority patent/BE552643A/xx
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Priority to US547481A priority patent/US2895584A/en
Priority to CH340840D priority patent/CH340840A/fr
Priority to FR1172050D priority patent/FR1172050A/fr
Priority to GB34812/56A priority patent/GB842328A/en
Priority to DEI12462A priority patent/DE1063612B/de
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Priority to GB32285/59A priority patent/GB876319A/en
Priority to FR805799A priority patent/FR76345E/fr
Priority to FR891725A priority patent/FR81346E/fr
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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
    • 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

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  • Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view of the geometry of operation of the single element printing head in cooperation with a platen.
  • a single element printing head comprising a yoke, means supporting the same for movement from a rest position to a printing position, a tilt member, pivot means supporting said tilt member for tilting movement relative to said yoke, a rotatable member carried by said tilt member, a pair of concentric shafts passing axially through said yoke and having connections to said tilt member and said rotatable member respectively, a. type shell, a plurality of type characters arranged on said shell in parallel columns, means supporting said shell on said rotatable member thereby providing for both pivotal and rotating movement of said shell relative to said yoke, and rotation detent means for holding one column of said shell at a time in a reference position.

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US547481A 1955-11-17 1955-11-17 Single element printing head Expired - Lifetime US2895584A (en)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
NL212217D NL212217A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1955-11-17
NL100449D NL100449C (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1955-11-17
BE552643D BE552643A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1955-11-17
US547481A US2895584A (en) 1955-11-17 1955-11-17 Single element printing head
FR1172050D FR1172050A (fr) 1955-11-17 1956-11-13 Tête imprimante à un seul élément
CH340840D CH340840A (fr) 1955-11-17 1956-11-13 Tambour porte-caractères
GB34812/56A GB842328A (en) 1955-11-17 1956-11-14 Printing mechanisms for typewriters and like machines
DEI12462A DE1063612B (de) 1955-11-17 1956-11-16 Vorrichtung zur Einstellung eines kugelfoermigen Druckkopfes fuer Schreib- und aehnliche Maschinen
GB32285/59A GB876319A (en) 1955-11-17 1959-09-22 Improvements in printing mechanisms
FR805799A FR76345E (fr) 1955-11-17 1959-09-23 Tête imprimante à un seul élément
FR891725A FR81346E (fr) 1955-11-17 1962-03-21 Tête imprimante à un seul élément

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BE (1) BE552643A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
CH (1) CH340840A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
DE (1) DE1063612B (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
FR (1) FR1172050A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
NL (2) NL100449C (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)

Cited By (15)

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US3128696A (en) * 1962-02-05 1964-04-14 Burroughs Corp Type setting means in serial printers
US3247941A (en) * 1963-12-20 1966-04-26 Ibm Printing head with means to position head before striking movement begins
US3272301A (en) * 1964-08-10 1966-09-13 Avery Products Corp Embossing tool having removable die units to accommodate various width tapes
US3286806A (en) * 1964-09-16 1966-11-22 Olympia Werke Ag Rotatable and tiltable type head control apparatus
US3432018A (en) * 1966-06-24 1969-03-11 Brother Ind Ltd Type bar assembly for typewriters
DE2144693A1 (de) * 1970-09-16 1972-03-23 Olivetti & Co Spa Abnehmbarer Typenkopf für eine Druckvorrichtung
US3674126A (en) * 1968-07-06 1972-07-04 Triumph Werke Nuernberg Ag Type head drive
US3688888A (en) * 1970-03-05 1972-09-05 Olympia Werke Ag Type head setting mechanism
US3703230A (en) * 1970-04-21 1972-11-21 Olympia Werke Ag Typehead setting device
US3738471A (en) * 1970-03-05 1973-06-12 Olympia Werke Ag Type head shifting apparatus
US3768620A (en) * 1970-09-04 1973-10-30 Honeywell Inc Print head and platen printer device
US3771635A (en) * 1971-10-22 1973-11-13 Ibm Type element support
US4122769A (en) * 1973-05-23 1978-10-31 Compagnie Honeywell Bull (Societe Anonyme) Control arrangement for a belt printer
US4350448A (en) * 1979-05-29 1982-09-21 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Printing head mounting device
US20090274808A1 (en) * 2007-04-16 2009-11-05 Dicostanzo Patricia Ann Encoding method and device

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US2989166A (en) 1960-05-02 1961-06-20 Ibm Wear compensator
US3826345A (en) * 1973-01-26 1974-07-30 Scm Corp Print head mounting assembly
DE2517928A1 (de) * 1975-04-23 1976-11-04 Jean Doat Verfahren und vorrichtung zur herstellung von konzentriertem extrakt

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US477224A (en) * 1892-06-21 pratt
US631833A (en) * 1898-12-15 1899-08-29 Peter Hanes Type-writing machine.
US892891A (en) * 1902-06-21 1908-07-07 American Typographic Corp Typographic machine.
US2207874A (en) * 1938-06-09 1940-07-16 Reynolds Printing apparatus

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FR349895A (fr) * 1904-05-05 1905-07-06 Louis Leonis Mandrillon Système de machine à écrire à barillet sphérique

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US477224A (en) * 1892-06-21 pratt
US631833A (en) * 1898-12-15 1899-08-29 Peter Hanes Type-writing machine.
US892891A (en) * 1902-06-21 1908-07-07 American Typographic Corp Typographic machine.
US2207874A (en) * 1938-06-09 1940-07-16 Reynolds Printing apparatus

Cited By (15)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3128696A (en) * 1962-02-05 1964-04-14 Burroughs Corp Type setting means in serial printers
US3247941A (en) * 1963-12-20 1966-04-26 Ibm Printing head with means to position head before striking movement begins
US3272301A (en) * 1964-08-10 1966-09-13 Avery Products Corp Embossing tool having removable die units to accommodate various width tapes
US3286806A (en) * 1964-09-16 1966-11-22 Olympia Werke Ag Rotatable and tiltable type head control apparatus
US3432018A (en) * 1966-06-24 1969-03-11 Brother Ind Ltd Type bar assembly for typewriters
US3674126A (en) * 1968-07-06 1972-07-04 Triumph Werke Nuernberg Ag Type head drive
US3688888A (en) * 1970-03-05 1972-09-05 Olympia Werke Ag Type head setting mechanism
US3738471A (en) * 1970-03-05 1973-06-12 Olympia Werke Ag Type head shifting apparatus
US3703230A (en) * 1970-04-21 1972-11-21 Olympia Werke Ag Typehead setting device
US3768620A (en) * 1970-09-04 1973-10-30 Honeywell Inc Print head and platen printer device
DE2144693A1 (de) * 1970-09-16 1972-03-23 Olivetti & Co Spa Abnehmbarer Typenkopf für eine Druckvorrichtung
US3771635A (en) * 1971-10-22 1973-11-13 Ibm Type element support
US4122769A (en) * 1973-05-23 1978-10-31 Compagnie Honeywell Bull (Societe Anonyme) Control arrangement for a belt printer
US4350448A (en) * 1979-05-29 1982-09-21 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Printing head mounting device
US20090274808A1 (en) * 2007-04-16 2009-11-05 Dicostanzo Patricia Ann Encoding method and device

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NL212217A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
CH340840A (fr) 1959-09-15
DE1063612B (de) 1959-08-20
FR1172050A (fr) 1959-02-04
BE552643A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
NL100449C (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)

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