Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Canon Denshi Kabushiki Kaisha

Cannon Kabushiki Kaisha

Satoshi Watanabe

Masanori Uchidoi

Hiroshi Aizawa

Hirofumi Hirano

Nobuo Tezuka

Masayoshi Yamamichi

Yukio Iura

Hideaki Miyakawa

Mitsuaki Seki

Takeshi Kimura

Setsuo Sasaki

Hiroshi Nishizawa

Tetsuya Taguchi

Yukio Mashimo

Hitoshi Narita

Atsuo Tsunoda

Toru Wakazawa

Toru Wakasawa

In a small-sized printer having hammers provided within a type ring according to the invention, a direction in which the hammer is moved is changeable over selectively so that printing may be carried out in different positions. Also, electronic apparatus is provided which has a hammer mechanism as well as a battery or motor mounted in the type ring so as to miniaturize the apparatus.

Drive mechanism for a small-sized printer

Printer with rotatable print band

A compact printer having a typefont belt constituting a typefont wheel maintained under tension on a support, wherein the platen is rendered displaceable in a direction away from the typefont wheel after the completion of the printing operation, and the front end of a hammer provided in the typefont wheel is inclined upwards.

Compact printer

In a compact printer provided with a type wheel having a type belt wound on a cylindrically formed base, a hammer mechanism contained within the type wheel, and a DC motor for operating the type wheel and a paper feed mechanism, the rotational force from the DC motor is transmitted to the type wheel through a spring clutch mechanism and a code plate for generating a timing signal is provided on the side surface of the type wheel so that a solenoid for controlling the spring clutch mechanism is driven by the timing signal.

Compact printer with clutch

This invention provides, in a printing wheel having an internal hammer, a new structure of the typefont belt and a mounting method therefor on the support member. Also a structure of the printing drum and a driving method therefor suitable for intermittent rotation and stop by a stepping motor are disclosed.

Compact printer having a typefont belt with a type-free portion

In a single lens reflex camera an electromagnetic release initiates operation of an automatic diaphragm control, a mirror driver, and a shutter driver, in that order. The electromagnetic release device includes a mechanical output terminal for controlling each mechanism and an electric input terminal. The electromagnetic release device is provided in a flat space above the bottom exterior wall of the camera.

Single lens reflex camera with electromechanically initiated diaphragm

A camera having an automatic diaphragm control range where the exposure value derived from an exposure control circuit is introduced to a diaphragm mechanism through a scanning mechanism. The termination of scanning operation is electromagnetically effected by an arresting device comprising an electromagnet, an arresting lever carrying an armature, a first spring connected to the arresting lever to urge the armature for movement toward the electromagnet, a driving lever pivotal about a common shaft of the arresting lever and arranged to cooperate with a cocking and release member, a second spring connected to the driving lever and having a stronger force than the first spring by a magnitude necessary to permit the arresting operation of the arresting lever against the first spring, and a transmitting pin mounted on the arresting lever and extending into the range of movement of the driving lever at a point where the driving lever in the cocked position is spaced apart from the pin by a distance large enough to insure that the armature is brought into intimate contact with the electromagnet yoke under the same conditions each time the scanning mechanism is reset as the camera is cocked. The transmitting pin also serves as a position-adjusting means in order to insure that the time interval between the deenergization of the electromagnet and the initiation of arresting operation of the arresting lever by the driving lever is minimized and made uniform from camera to camera to improve the accuracy of diaphragm control.

Photographic camera having electromagnetic operation control

In a single lens reflux camera an electromagnetic release initiates operation of an automatic diaphragm control, a mirror driver, and a shutter driver, in that order. The electromagnetic release device includes a mechanical output terminal for controling each mechanism and an electric input terminal. The electromagnetic release device is provided in a flat space above the bottom exterior wall of the camera.

Single reflex camera

A printing hammer unit is produced by forming a group of hammers having hammer portions secured to resilient members of electrically conductive material connected together by connecting portions and also forming a base integrally secured to the resilient members at locations thereof spaced apart from the hammer portions, and by removing at least a part of the connecting portions to break the electrical connection between at least one of the resilient members secured to the hammer portions and the other resilient members.

Method of making a printing hammer unit

The device includes a permanent magnet for attracting a movable iron armature. A pair of elongated rectilinear magnetic bodies have planar pole faces at one end facing the iron armature, and the permanent magnet is sandwiched between these two magnetic members intermediate their ends, with the permanent magnet extending perpendicularly to the magnetic members. Respective magnetizing windings embrace each magnetic member between the permanent magnet and the pole faces of the members, to produce a magnetic flux in the magnetic members opposing the flux provided by the permanent magnet so as to release the iron armature. In one embodiment of the invention, the other ends of the members, projecting beyond the permanent magnet, are angled to face each other to provide an air gap therebetween. In a second embodiment of the invention, the magnetic members or yokes have respective second windings thereon, beyond the permanent magnet, and the ends of these yokes, beyond the second windings, are formed with planar pole faces for operative association with a second iron armature. Both iron armatures are spring biased to disengage the magnetic yokes or members. As the permanent magnet engages the yokes intermediate their ends, the magnetic flux path due to the magnetizing windings does not include the permanent magnet and therefore an effective armature releasing magnetic flux can be provided with only a relatively small current supplied to the magnetizing windings.

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Chichibu, Japan

Satoshi Watanabe