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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 1977
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1975
Nicholas Kondur, Jr, Riverton, WY (US);
Burroughs Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A serial printer is provided with a multi-position flexible membrane printing element with columns and rows of print characters disposed coplanarly in spaced apart relationship therein, the flexible printing element being differentially positionable along an X and a Y axis to bring selected print characters into printing alignment with an actuatable hammer, the differential positioning of the printing element being effectuated by a rotatable crank and quadrilateral linkage means in association with a pair of position sectors and a pair of spur gears coupled to the quadrilateral linkage, the pair of position sectors being variably positionable by a first and second plurality of actuatable sector limit stops.