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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:
Sep. 11, 1979
Filed:
Jun. 13, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dan C Mower, Agoura, CA (US);
Peter H Wolf, Campbell, CA (US);
Boyd E Slade, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David Albertalli, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Dataproducts Corporation, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400124 ; 101 9305 ;
Abstract
A system for printing dot-matrix characters wherein a double column of dot forming elements is used, and no single dot forming element is required to print more often than once in any four column interval of printed text. Means for timing the actuation of the dot forming elements wherein the 'on' time of the individual actuators can be longer than the time interval between columns is included.