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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. 30, 1978
Filed:
Sep. 07, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gene DuPree Lee, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400124 ; 101 9305 ;
Abstract
A wire matrix printer mechanism is designed to print a series of alpha-numeric characters and symbols by mechanically impacting an inked ribbon with a column of small diameter steel wires, driving the ribbon into paper riding on a platen. The body through which the print members pass is a molded structure having a separate channel for each print member. Each channel has a path consistent with the elastic curvature of the corresponding print member to provide a path of least resistance.