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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. 17, 1979
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerald Avison, Cambridge, GB;
Philip T Blenkinsop, Royston, GB;
John D Marsh, Royston, GB;
Dexter R Plummer, Ongar, GB;
Assignee:
Facit Aktiebolag, Atvidaberg, SE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400118 ; 400 17 ; 400126 ;
Abstract
A method of reproducing characters or symbols in place of orthodox typing or printing comprises applying ink to successive points on the paper or other surface by means of a transducer forming a typehead, and building up each character by steering the transducer under the control of digitally stored information which may be selected from the store by a keyboard. The characters can be built up as a series of overlapping dots and each character may have a number of key points, the transducer moving along one of a limited number of pre-set paths from each key point to the next.