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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:
Jan. 17, 1978
Filed:
Aug. 10, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Fumio Sato, Higashiosaka, JA;
Shigeru Fujimura, Yamatokoriyama, JA;
Toshio Urakawa, Yamatokoriyama, JA;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
101 9304 ; 197 / ;
Abstract
A dot matrix pattern printer of the impact type mainly comprises a hammer of which an active portion is flattened to have a predetermined length in the lateral direction, and a vertical line element which has a predetermined length in the vertical direction and is driven to shift its position in the lateral direction. Combination of the hammer actuation, the vertical line element location, and a paper feed in the vertical direction provides a printed pattern in, for example a 5 .times. 7 dot matrix pattern.