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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:
Apr. 18, 1978
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
John D Pylant, Irvine, CA (US);
Paul R Lozeau, Placentia, CA (US);
Newton R Packard, Los Alamitos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sheldon-Sodeco Printer, Inc., Elmsford, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
101 96 ; 101100 ; 101107 ; 101 9304 ; 101337 ; 197168 ;
Abstract
High speed, on-the-fly line printer apparatus including an inked ribbon advancing mechanism, a print sheet advancing mechanism, and drive structure coupled with both the advancing mechanisms to interruptedly advance them. Also, the inked ribbon advancing mechanism may be bodily shiftable between different positions associated with different color printing modes, the drive structure accommodating such shifting. Furthermore, a drum having multiple columns of type font segments is provided.