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US3834305A
US3834305A US00390289A US39028973A US3834305A US 3834305 A US3834305 A US 3834305A US 00390289 A US00390289 A US 00390289A US 39028973 A US39028973 A US 39028973A US 3834305 A US3834305 A US 3834305A
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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
    • B41J9/36—Means for operating hammers to effect impression in which mechanical power is applied under electromagnetic control

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  • the first and second portions are connected in parallel with a permanent magnet common to at least two print hammers.
  • Each of said print hammers is released from its rest position by exciting a control coil in said magnetic circuit in a direction such that the magnetomotive force applied to said print hammer v to hold said print hammer in position is decreased, the
  • printers wherein the print hammers are held in a rest position by a permanent magnet and are forced into contact with a printing surface by a deformed elastic body have taken various forms
  • embodiments of such printers incorporating a single permanent magnet for a plurality of print hammers have yielded results which are less than completely satisfactory. Because the force which is utilized to overcome the deformed elastic body is the force of a permanent magnet, and because it is necessary to reduce the force in order to release the hammer, a change in the reluctance of the portion of the magnetic circuit including the permanent magnet and the print hammer occurs upon the release of each print hammer.
  • the change in the reluctance of the magnetic circuit affects the operating point of the permanent magnet which is used to control a plurality of individual hammers, each associated with a separate print column.
  • the reluctance of the hold portion of the magnetic circuit is increased when the associated print hammer is released, thus decreasing the permeance coefficient of the permanent magnet.
  • This decrease in the permeance coefficient of the permanent magnet effects an increase in the magnetomotive force of the magnet at the hammer hold portion of the adjacent columns in which the hammer has not yet been released, hence increasing the force holding said adjacent print hammers at their rest positions, thus altering the control parameters and conditions of said adjacent print hammers.
  • the foregoing defect is avoided by providing a hammer mechanism wherein the operating point of the permanent magnet is not changed when a print hammer of one of the print columns is operated.
  • a printer having a plurality of print hammers displaceable between a rest position and a printing position, an elastic body maintained in a deformed state by each of said print hammers at its rest position, and a magnetic circuit control means for maintaining each of the print hammers at its rest position and for selectively releasing the associated print hammer on command.
  • Each said magnetic circuit control means includes a control coil, a first portion including a portion of the print hammer, and a second portion including means for varying the reluctance of said magnetic circuit control means upon release of the associated print hammer.
  • each magnetic circuit control means is connected in parallel with a permanent magnet common to a plurality of said magnetic circuits.
  • Each magnetic circuit control means is adapted so that the associated print hammer is normally retained in said rest position by the magnetomotive force applied thereto, said magnetomotive force being decreased upon the excitation of said control coil, said print hammer being displaced from said rest to printing positions by the stored energy of said elastic body.
  • the variable reluctance means adjusts the reluctance of the magnetic circuit control means so that when said print hammer is released from said rest position, the operating point of said permanent magnet is maintained is substantially the same state as when all hammers are in the rest position.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide an improved hammer control mechanism for a printer which maybe actuated by relatively small control current.
  • Still another object of the invention is to provide a printer having a plurality of hammers controlled by a common permanent magnet and individual column circuit control devices wherein the operation of one of said hammers does not affect the operation of any of the adjacent hammers.
  • Still another object of the instant invention is to provide a printer having a plurality of hammers controlled by a permanent magnet and individual column magnetic circuit control devices, wherein the release of one hammer by altering the magnetic field holding such hammer will have no influence on the operating point of the permanent magnet.
  • FIG. 1 is a partially sectioned side elevational view of the operative portion of one column of a printer including. variable reluctance means constructed in accordance with the instant invention
  • FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of a second embodiment of the variable reluctance means constructed in accordance with the instant invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of still'another embodiment of an operative portion of one column of a printer including variable reluctance means constructed in accordance with the instant invention.
  • FIG. 1 one column of a multicolumn printer is depicted.
  • the printer includes a hammer I mounted for longitudinal displacement on suspending springs 12.
  • a magnetic circuit for the control of the displacement of the hammer is provided having a first portion consisting of yokes 2 and 3 having attractive faces 2a and 3a respectively for holding hammer 1 in a rest position, as illustrated in FIG. 1, by means of the magnetic field caused by the flux from a permanent magnet 4 and depicted as loop i.
  • a second portion of said magnetic circuit illustrated by loop ii is formed by permanent magnet 4, a portion of .yoke 2, a control coil 7 3 5a woundabout a yoke 5, gap 11 between attractive face 5b of yoke 5 and attractive plate 6, and is completed by a portion of yoke 3.
  • the rear end of hammer 1 is disposed in Contact with transmitting lever 13,
  • one such circumferential array of characters would be provided for each column of the printer.
  • the characters may consist of symbols, numbers or letters as desired.
  • The; attractive plate 6 is maintained at a distance from the attractive face 5b of yoke 5 by means of a spring 9 which spring is secured by a cap 8 formed of an insulating material.
  • the width of the gap 11 formed between attractive face 5a and attractive plate 6 is regulated by a gap adjusting screw which is secured by a stand 7, which stand further provides a surface for pivotally supporting attractive plate 6 between stand 7 and yoke 3.
  • FIG. 1 is depicted at the rest position of hammer 1.
  • hammer 1 is held by the attractive faces 2a and 3a of yokes 2 and 3 due to the holding force generated by the magnetic flux loop i which includes the hammer, yokes 2 and 3 and permanent magnet 4.
  • the holding force applied to hammer 1 is sufficient to overcome the driving force of drive spring 16 and is further sufficient to hold the hammer in position despite the influence of changes in temperature, vibration and the like.
  • a second loop ii is formed, including permanent magnet 4 and is connected in parallel with the first loop i.
  • the flux in loop 1' is much smaller than the flux in loop ii because of the gap 11, permitting effective use of the permanent magnet within its limited capacity.
  • control coil 5a rotates at a predetermined speed.
  • a signal is applied to control coil 5a.
  • the direction of the signal ap-' plied to control coil 5a is such as to increase the quantity of magnetic flux flowing in magnetic flux loop'ii.
  • the printer illustrated in FIG. 1 represents only one column of a line printer.
  • the printer includes a plurality of columns each including a print hammer. Although each hammer has a separate magnetic circuit for that column, the magnetic circuits of all or a portion of the columns share the use of the same permanent magnet 4.
  • the reluctance of the associated magnetic circuit including the permanent magnet is changed, altering the operating point of the permanent magnet. Alteration of the operating point of the permanent magnet affects the other columns which have hammer magnetic circuits cooperating with the same permanent magnet, the hammers of which have not yet been released from their respective hammer hold positions.
  • the alteration in the operating point of the permanent magnet increases the amount of magnetic flux flowing through the hammer hold portion of the magnetic circuits of the adjacent columns which have not yet been released.
  • This increase in the amount of flux in the adjacent columns causes an'increase in the force of loop i in the other columns and a stronger signal must then be applied to the control coils of the adjacent columns in order to allow the hammers of such adjacent columns to be released.
  • the power is sufficient to release the hammer of the adjacent columns an increased time is required to supply the current needed for releasing such adjacent hammers. Variations in the time between the application of a print command and the release of the associated hammer depending on whether another hammer has previously been released results in a reduction in printing quality.
  • variable reluctance means as part of magnetic flux loop ii.
  • the print hammers can be controlled with a minimum of electric power and the time between print command and the striking of the hammer against the character is maintained constant for all of the hammers regardless of the conditions of the other columns so that printing quality is enhanced.
  • FIG. 2 wherein means are provided for adjusting the variable reluctance means to provide precise adjustment thereof.
  • a stand 27 formed of a non-magnetic material, is provided for gap adjusting screw which stand includes a stopperportion 27a for adjusting the minimum gap between the attractive plate 6 and the attractive face 5b when the attractive plate 6 is attracted to said attractive face during application of a print command signal.
  • Adjusting screw 10 is included for selecting the width of the gap 1 1 during the period whenthe hammer is in the rest position. The minimum width of the gap 11 when the attractive plate 6 is moved toward control coil 5 during movement of the hammer is adjusted by means of screw 28.
  • the stopper portion 27a of stand 27 is moved in the direction of arrow A about a pivot defined by thinned portion 27b of stand 27. Accordingly, by selecting the gap width at the time when the print hammer is released from the hammer hold position and the attractive plate 6 is attracted to the attractive face 5b, it is possible to adjust the reluctance of the hammer magnetic circuit defined by loop ii so that the reluctance seen by the permanent'magnet remains essentially constant before and after release of the print hammer, thus maintaining constant the operating point of permanent magnet 4.
  • FIG. 3 wherein like reference numerals are used to denote like elements.
  • the two parallel magnetic loops are defined, but the control signal supplied to coil 5a is supplied in loop i to decrease the flux of loop 1' by applying a magnetic field in a direction opposite to that produced bythe permanent magnet.
  • the variable reluctance means hereinabove described the same beneficial effect is achieved and permanent magnet 4 is maintained at a substantially constant operating point.
  • a printer constructed in accordance with the instant invention wherein the print hammer is supplied with energy of a deformed elastic body according to a print command, is operated so that the actuation of one print column does not influence any other columns.
  • print hammers can be controlled by the use of very small amounts of electric power to thus realize stable action of the hammers without the necessity of supplying complicated controls.
  • a printer comprising at least two print hammers each displaceable between a rest and a print position; an elastic body maintained in a deformed position by each of said print hammers at its respective rest position; and magnetic circuit control means for holding each said hammer at said rest position and releasing same for selective displacement to said print position by the energy of said deformed elastic body, including a permanent magnet common to at least two of said print hammers for producing the magnetomotive force for holding said print hammers at their rest positions, a portion of each of said print hammers forming a part of the associated magnetic circuit control means when at their rest positions, a control coil associated with each print hammer and positioned so that the magnetomotive force applied to said print hammer is decreased upon the application of a signal to the associated control coil to release said print hammer to effect printing, and means for varying the reluctance of each of said magnetic circuit control means upon the release of the associated print hammer to maintain the operating point of said permanent magnet substantially constant before and after the release of said
  • each said magnetic circuit control means includes a first portion including said portion of said print hammer and a second portion including said variable reluctance means, said first and second portions being connected in parallel with said permanent magnet and each other.
  • variable reluctance means includes means defining a gap in said second portion and means responsive to the magnetomotive force generated by the application of said signal to said control coil for adjusting the width of said gap so as to narrow said gap upon the release of the associated print hammer.
  • variable reluctance means includes a fixed magnetic circuit member magnetically coupled to said control coil and defining an attractive face and an attractive plate mounted for displacement toward and away from said attractive face to define said gap, said attractive plate being displaced toward said attractive face in response to the magnetomotive force of said control coil.
  • variable reluctance means includes means for biasing said attractive plate in a position defining a maximum gap width.
  • variable reluctance means includes means for selectively setting said maximum gap width.
  • able reluctance means includes stopper means in the path of said attractive plate toward said attractive face todefine a minimum gap width.
  • variable reluctance means includes means for selectively positioning said stopper means to set said minimum gap width.

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