US3782278A - Impact line printer - Google Patents

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US3782278A
US3782278A US00097166A US3782278DA US3782278A US 3782278 A US3782278 A US 3782278A US 00097166 A US00097166 A US 00097166A US 3782278D A US3782278D A US 3782278DA US 3782278 A US3782278 A US 3782278A
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D Barnett
S Rose
R Zurcher
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Mannesmann Tally Corp
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Assigned to TALLY CORPORATION, A CORP. OF N.Y. reassignment TALLY CORPORATION, A CORP. OF N.Y. MERGER (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). EFFECTIVE OCT.31,1979 Assignors: MANNESMANN PRECISION INSTRUMENTS, INC. CHANGED TO, TALLY CORPORATION, INTO
Assigned to MANNESMANN TALLY CORPORATION reassignment MANNESMANN TALLY CORPORATION CHANGE OF NAME (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). EFFECTIVE DEC.31,1979 Assignors: TALLY CORPORATION
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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
    • B41J25/00—Actions or mechanisms not otherwise provided for
    • B41J25/001—Mechanisms for bodily moving print heads or carriages parallel to the paper surface
    • B41J25/006—Mechanisms for bodily moving print heads or carriages parallel to the paper surface for oscillating, e.g. page-width print heads provided with counter-balancing means or shock absorbers
    • 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
    • B41J2/22—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of impact or pressure on a printing material or impression-transfer material
    • B41J2/31—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of impact or pressure on a printing material or impression-transfer material using a print element with projections on its surface impacted or impressed by hammers
    • 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
    • B41J9/36—Means for operating hammers to effect impression in which mechanical power is applied under electromagnetic control
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DE (1) DE2154568C3 (de)
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US3941051A (en) * 1974-08-08 1976-03-02 Printronix, Inc. Printer system
US3994219A (en) * 1973-10-25 1976-11-30 Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. Printer
US4033255A (en) * 1975-11-13 1977-07-05 Printronix, Inc. Print hammer actuator for dot matrix printers
US4044668A (en) * 1975-05-16 1977-08-30 Printronix, Inc. Print hammer mechanism
US4072224A (en) * 1972-05-24 1978-02-07 The General Electric Company Limited Printing devices
US4080892A (en) * 1975-09-29 1978-03-28 Issei Imahashi Apparatus for driving dotting hammers of a matrix printer
US4134336A (en) * 1977-03-21 1979-01-16 Tally Corporation Half-herringbone support for restricting sideways vibration of comb hammers
US4278019A (en) * 1979-07-16 1981-07-14 International Business Machines Corporation All-points addressable dot printer
US4289069A (en) * 1979-04-18 1981-09-15 Trilog, Inc. Method for producing a multiple color hard copy image
US4336751A (en) * 1979-04-18 1982-06-29 Trilog, Inc. Apparatus for producing a multiple color hard copy image
US4357867A (en) * 1980-03-27 1982-11-09 Mannesmann Tally Corporation Multiple coil hammer actuator system
US4387642A (en) * 1980-07-17 1983-06-14 Mannesmann Tally Corporation Bi-directional, constant velocity, carriage shuttling mechanisms
US4403874A (en) * 1980-03-25 1983-09-13 Ramtek Corporation Color printer and multi-ribbon cartridge therefor
US4543002A (en) * 1983-06-16 1985-09-24 Genicom Corporation Multicolor printing
US4589789A (en) * 1983-09-26 1986-05-20 Genicom Corp. Ribbon storage and transport mechanism
US6715947B1 (en) 2001-06-08 2004-04-06 Tally Printer Corporation Low rotational inertia shuttle system with a flattened sinusoidal carriage velocity
US7249049B1 (en) 2000-06-21 2007-07-24 Rapt, Inc. Method and business process for the estimation of mean production for assemble-to-order manufacturing operations

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JPS5221916A (en) * 1975-08-12 1977-02-18 Sharp Kk Printer
JPS5330647U (de) * 1976-08-11 1978-03-16
JPS5514216A (en) * 1978-07-14 1980-01-31 Nec Corp Printer
EP0042948B1 (de) * 1980-06-30 1984-01-18 International Business Machines Corporation Hochgeschwindigkeits-Aufschlagmatrixdrucker

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US2773443A (en) * 1953-03-18 1956-12-11 Powers Samas Account Mach Ltd Apparatus for defining characters on impression-receiving material
US2909996A (en) * 1957-02-13 1959-10-27 Ibm High speed printing mechanism
US3135195A (en) * 1961-06-22 1964-06-02 Potter Instrument Co Inc High speed printer with moving characters and single hammer
US3158093A (en) * 1961-08-08 1964-11-24 John W Carlson Printing devices
US3220343A (en) * 1960-11-25 1965-11-30 Potter Instrument Co Inc High speed printers with column spanning hammers
US3228325A (en) * 1964-03-16 1966-01-11 Wendell S Miller Magnetic actuated hammers in a line printer
US3286625A (en) * 1962-11-12 1966-11-22 Ier Impression Enregistrement Recording instruments
US3293653A (en) * 1963-12-21 1966-12-20 Fujitsu Ltd Tape recording device
US3332343A (en) * 1966-06-20 1967-07-25 Andelex Corp Selective hammer interposing means in high speed printers
US3385213A (en) * 1966-03-24 1968-05-28 Bull General Electric Type-drum mounting assembly in print drums
US3420166A (en) * 1966-07-30 1969-01-07 Int Computers & Tabulators Ltd Paper carriage shifting means in high speed line printers
US3433153A (en) * 1967-12-29 1969-03-18 Ibm Printer with swiveling pushrods
US3447455A (en) * 1967-09-20 1969-06-03 Honeywell Inc Print-hammer mount and fabrication method

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US2773443A (en) * 1953-03-18 1956-12-11 Powers Samas Account Mach Ltd Apparatus for defining characters on impression-receiving material
US2728289A (en) * 1953-05-29 1955-12-27 Powers Samas Account Mach Ltd Apparatus for defining characters on impression-receiving material
US2909996A (en) * 1957-02-13 1959-10-27 Ibm High speed printing mechanism
US3220343A (en) * 1960-11-25 1965-11-30 Potter Instrument Co Inc High speed printers with column spanning hammers
US3135195A (en) * 1961-06-22 1964-06-02 Potter Instrument Co Inc High speed printer with moving characters and single hammer
US3158093A (en) * 1961-08-08 1964-11-24 John W Carlson Printing devices
US3286625A (en) * 1962-11-12 1966-11-22 Ier Impression Enregistrement Recording instruments
US3293653A (en) * 1963-12-21 1966-12-20 Fujitsu Ltd Tape recording device
US3228325A (en) * 1964-03-16 1966-01-11 Wendell S Miller Magnetic actuated hammers in a line printer
US3385213A (en) * 1966-03-24 1968-05-28 Bull General Electric Type-drum mounting assembly in print drums
US3332343A (en) * 1966-06-20 1967-07-25 Andelex Corp Selective hammer interposing means in high speed printers
US3420166A (en) * 1966-07-30 1969-01-07 Int Computers & Tabulators Ltd Paper carriage shifting means in high speed line printers
US3447455A (en) * 1967-09-20 1969-06-03 Honeywell Inc Print-hammer mount and fabrication method
US3433153A (en) * 1967-12-29 1969-03-18 Ibm Printer with swiveling pushrods

Cited By (18)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4072224A (en) * 1972-05-24 1978-02-07 The General Electric Company Limited Printing devices
US3994219A (en) * 1973-10-25 1976-11-30 Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. Printer
FR2281226A1 (fr) * 1974-08-08 1976-03-05 Printronix Inc Imprimante de matrices de points
US3941051A (en) * 1974-08-08 1976-03-02 Printronix, Inc. Printer system
US4044668A (en) * 1975-05-16 1977-08-30 Printronix, Inc. Print hammer mechanism
US4080892A (en) * 1975-09-29 1978-03-28 Issei Imahashi Apparatus for driving dotting hammers of a matrix printer
US4033255A (en) * 1975-11-13 1977-07-05 Printronix, Inc. Print hammer actuator for dot matrix printers
US4134336A (en) * 1977-03-21 1979-01-16 Tally Corporation Half-herringbone support for restricting sideways vibration of comb hammers
US4336751A (en) * 1979-04-18 1982-06-29 Trilog, Inc. Apparatus for producing a multiple color hard copy image
US4289069A (en) * 1979-04-18 1981-09-15 Trilog, Inc. Method for producing a multiple color hard copy image
US4278019A (en) * 1979-07-16 1981-07-14 International Business Machines Corporation All-points addressable dot printer
US4403874A (en) * 1980-03-25 1983-09-13 Ramtek Corporation Color printer and multi-ribbon cartridge therefor
US4357867A (en) * 1980-03-27 1982-11-09 Mannesmann Tally Corporation Multiple coil hammer actuator system
US4387642A (en) * 1980-07-17 1983-06-14 Mannesmann Tally Corporation Bi-directional, constant velocity, carriage shuttling mechanisms
US4543002A (en) * 1983-06-16 1985-09-24 Genicom Corporation Multicolor printing
US4589789A (en) * 1983-09-26 1986-05-20 Genicom Corp. Ribbon storage and transport mechanism
US7249049B1 (en) 2000-06-21 2007-07-24 Rapt, Inc. Method and business process for the estimation of mean production for assemble-to-order manufacturing operations
US6715947B1 (en) 2001-06-08 2004-04-06 Tally Printer Corporation Low rotational inertia shuttle system with a flattened sinusoidal carriage velocity

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JPS5111533B1 (de) 1976-04-12
GB1363657A (en) 1974-08-14
DE2154568A1 (de) 1972-06-22
DE2154568B2 (de) 1978-10-19
DE2154568C3 (de) 1979-06-07
FR2117135A5 (de) 1972-07-21

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