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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 1977
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward H Lau, Old Westbury, NY (US);
Mosi Chu, Port Jefferson, NY (US);
Assignee:
Redactron Corporation, Hauppauge, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
197167 ; 197158 ;
Abstract
In a printer wherein a ribbon is driven against a platen by a print element there is provided a ribbon lifting mechanism having a one revolution motor which drives, via a n-to-1 reduction gear, a ribbon guide to pivot to different positions whereby different transverse portions of the ribbon are interposed between the impact region of the print element and the platen.