Ing C. Olivetti C., S.p.a.

Ing.c. Olivetti & C., S.p.a. Ivrea

Francesco Bernardis

Contardo Adamoli

Dario Bisone

Franco Cretaz

Paolo Prevignano

Rinaldo Ferrarotti

Mario Gaiardo

Carlo Motta

Armando Peretti

Elio Fenoglio Gaddo

Claudio Marangon

A needle or wire printing head comprises a plurality of electromagnets with fixed cores, each with two limbs, which are mounted in a ring within a containment body. Movable armatures are disposed in a radiating array in front of coplanar terminal surfaces of said cores. The movable armatures each have a step configuration for oscillating on the terminal surface of the more outward limb, a surface for closing the magnetic flux which, with the terminal surface of the more inward limb constitutes a main air gap 'G' and an end capable in printing of engaging a needle by means of a corresponding limb. A unitary return group accomodates a plurality of coil springs in a prestressed state for restoring the movable armatures. There is also provided a magnetically conductive conveying disc of ferro-magnetic material and comprising a plurality of spokes for closure of the magnetic flux which is common to the armatures and the cores.

Wire printing head with unitary return group

Each needle of the printer has an associated electromagnet with a generally elongate movable armature having a first end and a second end which can selectively push the needle during printing as a result of a pivoting movement within a step formation facing the electromagnet. The step formation divides the armature into first and second portions facing the first and second ends respectively, and faces the respective electromagnet in such a position that the second portion of the armature at least partially faces the electromagnet.

Wire printer with step formation armature and method of assembly

A matrix printing device includes a housing body which can effect a translational movement relative to a printing surface in use, a plurality of wires slidable in the housing body and each having one end for acting on the print surface as a result of a thrust exerted on the other end, and a plurality of oscillating operating members each of which can exert a thrust on a respective wire. Electromagnetic excitation circuits selectively oscillate each of the operating members from a rest position to a position of thrusting the respective wire. The operating members are fixed to a single resilient support element. The position of fixing of each operating member to the support element and the resilient properties of the support element determine, respectively, the path of oscillation of the operating member and the degree of resilient force which returns the member to the rest position.

Matrix printing device

A ballistic type wire printing head comprises a metal front support (11) for guiding the printing wires (23) and supporting a group of actuating electromagnetic units (37, 39, 41) associated with the wires. The armatures (41) of the electromagnetic units are pre-assembled on a disc (40) of plastics material. A rear cover (59) which is also of metal encloses the electromagnetic units and in its interior supports spring spider (58) which co-operates with all the armatures of the electromagnetic units. The electromagnetic units have a common internal, ferromagnetic support (35) from which heat is conducted to the front support (11) and cooling fins (25). In a second embodiment, the printing head also comprises a second group of electromagnetic units associated with another series of printing wires. In that case, an intermediate metal member acts as a cover member for the first group of electromagnetic units and as a support for the second group of electromagnetic units.

Wire printing device with internal supports for thermal conduction

A printing device comprising a printing head having 18 wires actuated by a corresponding number of control electro-magnets for writing on a recording support symbols and characters in conformity with dot matrices. The writing ends of the wires are aligned along a single line, the slanting of which relative to the direction of movement of the carriage is variable. With the writing ends vertically aligned the height of the 18 wires is equal to that of two lines of writing, as a result of which it is possible to print two rows of characters simultaneously. By inclining the head and suitably selecting the speed of movement it is possible to print a line at a time with high definition dot matrices.

Dot printing device for accounting, terminal, telewriting machine, and

A wire printing head of ballistic type comprises a front guide fixed to a carriage and in which the printing wires are mounted in an axially slidable manner. The electromagnets for actuating the wires have their respective cores mounted inside a tube of non-magnetic material. In order to obtain high heat dissipation, the electromagnet cores and windings are embedded in a resin block which fills the interior of the tube. The exterior of the tube is also provided with a set of cooling fins. The electromagnet armatures are mounted on a rear cover which is connected by a screw to a part of the front guide, which in its turn is housed in a compartment in the resin block. Shims are disposed between the front guide and group of electromagnets, and their number can be varied in order to modify the distance of the ends of the printing wires from the platen.

Ballistic wire matrix print head

A wire printing device comprises a plurality of printing wires, each one associated with a corresponding driving electromagnet and a frame which is constituted by a plate folded in order to have a central portion, on which are mounted the electromagnets, and a pair of tongues which support guide elements for the printing wires. The gap between armature and core of each electromagnet can be regulated by a screwable element which determines the stroke of the armature and of the associated wire.

Wire printing device

A cartridge for an inked ribbon for printing machines, in particular wire printers, comprises a container and a pair of rollers for the feeding of the ribbon. The container comprises a storage zone, in which an inked ribbon is disposed in loops and is distributed at random, and a guide zone which surrounds the printing head of the machine. The guide zone comprises a series of ribs which twists a section of the inked ribbon through 180.degree. to form a Mobius loop. The rollers are free to move radially in corresponding seats of the container and are able to engage a pair of pins of the machine. One pin is a motor pin and rotates one of the rollers, and the other pin is a pressure pin which engages the other roller and is urged by a spring against the motor pin. The pressure pin causes the ribbon to be nipped between the two rollers to be fed by the motor pin.

Ribbon cartridge for printing machines and mechanism for feeding the

A high-speed wire printing device wherein the wires are slidably mounted on a carriage movable in front of a recording medium and individually actuated by controlling electromagnets to print alphanumeric characters and graphic symbols on the medium in accordance with a dot matrix formed of lines and columns. The printing extremities of the wires are aligned on two side-by-side columns. At each actuation cycle of the electromagnets, the carriage is shifted at a constant speed in front of the medium by a distance that is substantially equal to twice the distance between two columns of the matrix. An electronic circuit for the actuation of the electromagnets actuates both selectively and alternately the wires arranged in two side-by-side columns.

High speed wire printing device

A wire printing device comprises a frame removably mounted on a carriage which can move parallely to a platen. On the frame is removably mounted a guide block of resin material which guides a plurality of printing wires individually actuatable by a plurality of electromagnets, mounted on the frame. For an easy assembly of the printing device, a terminal guide is removably mounted on the frame for guiding the printing wires in proximity of the platen. Moreover, between the terminal guide and the guide block, a lubricating pad is disposed at contact with the printing wires and an oil container, mounted on the guide block, is connected through a wick to the pad for holding it constantly impregnated.

An inked ribbon of a high-speed printer for office machines is wound on two spools connected each one with a corresponding electric motor. The ribbon is transferred stroke by stroke from the feed spool to the take-up spool with a substantially constant tensioning force. To this end an oscillating lever is disposed between the two spools and, cooperating with the ribbon, forms a loop thereof under the action of a tensioning spring. The oscillating lever in correspondence of a minimum and of a maximum of the ribbon loop cooperates with a pair of microswitches which alternately stop and actuate the electric motors in manner that the ribbon is transferred alternately from the feed spool to the loop and from the loop to the take-up spool under the action of the tensioning spring. A changeover device alternates the function of the two spools when the ribbon is fully wound on the take-up spool.

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Ivrea, Italy

Francesco Bernardis