US3738262A - Electromagnetic actuating means for print hammers - Google Patents

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US3738262A
US3738262A US00101654A US3738262DA US3738262A US 3738262 A US3738262 A US 3738262A US 00101654 A US00101654 A US 00101654A US 3738262D A US3738262D A US 3738262DA US 3738262 A US3738262 A US 3738262A
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J Dayger
A Dowd
J Vrablic
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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
    • B41J9/00—Hammer-impression mechanisms
    • B41J9/26—Means for operating hammers to effect impression
    • B41J9/32—Means for operating hammers to effect impression arranged to be clutched to snatch roll

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  • the invention relates generally to printers and it has reference in particular to a print hammer mechanism in which the drive is provided by a continuously rotating reamer shaft.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a print hammer mechanism requiring a minimum of operating power.
  • Yet another object of the invention is to provide a print hammer mechanism having a fail-safe characteristic.
  • Still another object of the invention is to provide a print hammer mechanism requiring a minimum of control circuitry.
  • Another important object of the invention is to provide a print hammer mechanism which is consistent and reliable in its operation.
  • FIG. 1 is a partial schematic view in side elevation and partly sectioned of a print hammer mechanism embodying the inventionin a preferred form
  • FIG. 2 is a similar schematic view of a portion of a mechanism shown in FIG. 1 showing the initial drive connection between the print hammer and the reamer drive shaft, and
  • FIG. 3 is a similar schematic view of a portion of the mechanism shown in FIG. 1 adjacent the end of the drive connection between the pawl and the reamer drive shaft with the armature restored to its initial rest position and the print hammer still moving toward the print position.
  • a row of print hammers represented by the Print Hammer 12 are disposed to impact a Document 13 and Ribbon 14 against moving type extending along the print line and cooperating with Guide Members 26a and 26b to define a recess through which may travel spaced apart Type Belts 27a and 27b having Teeth 28a and 28b, respectively, on the back side for driving the belts, and arranged in spaced apart relation to receive the Type Elements l6 therebetween.
  • the Type Elements 16 have outwardly extending fingers on opposite sides defining Recesses 16a and 16b therebetween disposed to receive edge portions of the Belts 27a and 27b, respectively, fitting exactly between Teeth 28a and 28b on their respective belts, for moving the Type Elements 16 along the print line.
  • the Print Hammer 12 may comprise a Head Portion 12a having a relatively flat Surface Portion 12b for impacting the Document 13 against the type character bearing Element 16.
  • the Striking Portion 12b is posi-' tioned to one side of the generally cylindrical Body Portion 12a of the hammer, which provides for oscillatively supporting a Pawl Disc 15 in a generally cylindrical recess defined by arcuate Edge Portions 30a and 30b of the Body Portion 12a.
  • the Print Hammer 12 is mounted by means of Head Support or Flex Pivot 32, which comprises a flat, elongated steel Spring Member 34, molded in a Plastic Body 36, comprising a polymer such as, for example, Acetal.
  • This spring member provides transverse rigidity and serves as a flexible pivot and return spring for supporting and guiding movement of the Hammer 12 along a predetermined path.
  • the Plastic Body 36 is notched to provide a Section 37 of reduced thickness adjacent the Lip 40. This localizes bending or flexing of the Spring 34 to the Section 37 of reduced thickness and provides controlled bending, with a reduction in the whipping action often encountered in cantilever springs, resulting in much more uniform print hammer action.
  • the Head Support 32 is secured at the lower end by means of a relatively tight fit in a Keyhole Opening 38 adjacent one Lip 40 of a generally C-shaped Support Plate 42 on which the hammer mechanism is mounted.
  • the upper end of the Head Support 32 is secured to the Print Hammer 12, being secured in any suitable manner in a Slot or Recess 30d therein.
  • a generally C-shaped Spring 44 biases the Pawl 'Disc 13 in a clockwise direction relative to the Print Hammer 12.
  • the Pawl Disc 13 is provided with a projecting Tail Portion 13c to which a Pawl 45 is secured by means of an Elastomeric Bond 47, such as Nitrile.
  • the Pawl 45 is disposed so that it may be activated to engage a Tooth 48 of a Reamer Shaft 49 which is continuously rotated.
  • Substantially enclosing the Reamer Shaft 49 is a Guard 50 which is generally cylindrical, but has an Opening 52 through which the Pawl 45 is enabled to engage the Teeth 48.
  • Support Means 53 and 53a support the Guard intermediate its ends.
  • the Guard 50 has an End Portion 54 which serves as a stop and an extractor for the Pawl 45 during its normal operation.
  • the Guard 50 is also rotatably mounted and may be actuated in a counterclockwise direction to restore-the Pawl 45 to its rest position, if necessary.
  • a Back Stop 46 mounted on the Support Means 53a provides a return stop for the Pawl 45 when it is reset.
  • Electromagnetic Control Means 56 This comprises a pair of spaced apart Pole Pieces 56a and 56b having a Permanent Magnet 57 positioned therebetween.
  • Operating windings 58a and 58b are positioned on extending Pole Portions of the Pole Pieces 56a and 56b and are connected by means of Conductors 59 to plug in Type Terminals 60, which may be molded in the Support Plate 42, which can comprise any one of the wellknown molded plastic materials.
  • the Pole Pieces 56a, 5619, Permanent Magnet 57, and Operating Windings 58a and 58b may be molded with an enclosing plastic covering to provide an integral structure.
  • the assembly may be positioned in a Recess 62 in the Support Plate 42.
  • an Armature 64 Cooperating with the Pole Pieces 56a, 56b and the Operating Windings 58a and 58b is an Armature 64 having a Pole Piece 640 spanning the Pole Pieces 56a and 56b.
  • the Armature 64 is positioned in a Recess 66 in the Support Plate 42 and has a cylindrical Protuberance 640, at one end positioned in a generally C-shaped Bearing Insert 68, embedded in the Support Plate 42 to permit limited rotational movement.
  • the Armature 64 is biased by means of a semicircular Spring 70 located at the lower end by the Recess 710 at one end of Recess 71 in the Support Plate 42 and secured to the Armature 64 by being positioned in a recessed Channel 64d in the lower side of the Armature 64 and further restrained by Recess 64f.
  • the Armature 64 is provided with an extending Tail Piece 64b which extends into a recess in the cylindrical Body Portion 12a of the Hammer 12 where it may be engaged by an upwardly-projecting Cam Portion 12d of the Hammer 12 for resetting the Armature 64 in response to movement of said Hammer 12 to strike the Document 13.
  • the Permanent Magnet 57 keeps the Armature 64 in a normally attracted position despite the force exerted by the Armature Spring 70. While an electromagnet could be used as this holding means, the Permanent Magnet 57 is advantageous because:
  • the Operating Windings 58a and 58b operate as Buck Out Coils wound on the Magnet Pole Pieces 56a and 56b to decrease the holding force of the Permanent Magnet 57 when energized, thus permitting the Armature 64 to drop under the action of its Spring 70 and engage Tail 13 and Pawl 45 to move the latter into engagement with a Tooth 48 of Reamer Shaft 49.
  • the Buck Out Coils 58a and 58b therefore merely have to supply the difference in power between the forces of the Armature Spring 70 and the Pennanent Magnet 57 with a reasonable safety factor for proper operation.
  • a Pawl Stop 54 is provided on one end of the Guard 50 to limit the travel of the Armature 64 in the clockwise direction and thereby prevent the Pawl 45 from bottoming between the Teeth 48 of the Reamer Shaft 49. It also minimizes Armature 64 impact on Cam Portion 12d of Hammer 12. As shown, this Pawl Stop 54 is provided by one end of the generally cylindrical Guard 50 surrounding the Reamer Shaft 49. in addition to providing the Armature Stop function described, it also serves as a means for moving the Pawl 45 out of the Reamer Teeth 48 as the Hammer 12 moves toward Type Element 16,and as a safety guard on the Reamer Shaft 49, as well as providing manual reset for the Armature 64, as will be described later.
  • the hammer assembly consists of the Print Hammer 12 supported by the Head Support 32, which is attached to the Mounting Plate 42, forming a flexible pivot, which allows the Hammer 12 to swing forward in a counterclockwise direction as it is driven by the Pawl 45.
  • a Cam Surface 12d engages the Tail Piece 64b of the Armature 64, as the Hammer 12 is being driven forward to impact the Document 13, to reset the Armature by pressing against the inclined surface on the underside of the Armature Tip 12b, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.
  • the Projection 64b of the Armature 64 will drop behind the restoring Cam Surface 12d in the Head 30 thereby preventing the Hammer 12 and its Pawl 45 from returning from its normal position.
  • This feature is supplied to prevent repeated erroneous printing and damage to the Pawl 45 or the Reamer Teeth 48 by the Armature 64 being incorrectly in a released position.
  • the Pawl Stop 54 or Guard Ring 50 which is located in a Counterbore 51a in an End Support Plate'50, is rotated in a counterclockwise direction. This forces the Armature 64 to the restore position, which will allow the Hammer 12 to return to its normal position.
  • Means such as the Spring 53- may be provided to bias the Guard 50 clockwise to the position shown against a Stop as at 50a. Should the Armature 64 still fail to hold, the Armature 64 will again latch behind the Head of the Hammer 12 after the next Reamer Tooth engagement. Such a condition would be most unusual and would require a manual intervention.
  • a Projection l2e on one side of the Hammer 12 rides in a comb-like Guide 72 as it moves in towards the Paper or Document 13.
  • This Projection l2e serves to engage an impression control comprising a Spring Finger 73, which increasingly limits the force delivered to forms less than six parts, but does not engage when a six-part form is to be printed.
  • the variation in forms thickness automatically determines the amount of impression control.
  • This Impression Control 73 has a second function, which is to insure that the Hammer 12 strikes the Type 16 squarely on the forms of different thicknesses by rotating the hammer head slightly to precisely compensate for different angular motions of the head caused by the pivoted hammers striking different thicknesses against a fixed type level.
  • the power for resetting the Armature 64 is supplied by the Reamer Shaft 49 as the coupling design prevents the Pawl 45 from leaving the Tooth 48 until the reset operation is practically complete;
  • the extremely short actuating impulse to the Buck Out Coils 58a and 58b permits a matrix drive arrangement of the electronic driving circuits (not shown). For example, 40 drivers are used to control 144 hammers.
  • the design permitsthe mounting of the hammers and magnets in a single row at to the inch spacing.
  • the Hammer Plate 42 carries 2 hammer mechanisms, one on each side, on 0.100 inch centers conveniently mounted in a plug-in mode with all hammer wiring being carried by printed circuits in the plug-in receptacle. These plates are identical for all print positions;
  • the Reamer Shaft 49 provides unlimited continuous power for driving the Hammers l2;
  • the mass of the hammer head is concentrated behind the Impacting Face 12b giving a maximum effective mass to the print head
  • the Hammer Head 12a is supported by a Head Support 32 which consists of a Spring Member 34 reinforced by a polymer such as Acetal so that flexure is 10- calized at an optimum point and oscillations in the balance of the spring are minimized.
  • the polymer serves the additional purpose of anchoring the head to the spring and the spring to the support plate;
  • Reamer elements are identical one-position modules, comprising individual toothed discs, which are staggered one-quarter tooth so as to provide sequential firing of groups of print hammers in synchronism with Type Elements 16 whose pitch is such that only every fourth Type Element is in position for printing at any time. This staggering may be accomplished by providing four different key ways in each element.
  • a single spring support having a localized bending zone connected to said print hammer for supporting said print hammer in an initial position and guiding said hammer for movement relative to said document
  • a continuously rotating reamer shaft disposed adjacent said print hammer and having a plurality of peripheral pawl means carried by said print hammer movable from a normal position to engage a tooth of said reamer shaft to impel said hammer toward said document,
  • electromagnetic control means having an armature operable to engage and move said pawl means from said normal position to a tooth engaging position for moving said print hammer to impact said document and type character bearing elements and said electromagnetic control means having a control winding disposed to be pulsed to effect operation of said armature.
  • pawl means comprising a pawl mounted on a pawl support which is oscillatively mounted on said cantilever spring.

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