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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. 05, 1982
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
David C Wills, Cambridge, OH (US);
Raymond L Lawter, Zanesville, OH (US);
Barry D Briggs, New Concord, OH (US);
Edward F Sampson, Cambridge, OH (US);
Assignee:
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
101 9337 ; 101 9344 ;
Abstract
The action of a rotatable cam assembly positions a plurality of type racks, enables printing and indexes paper prior to restoring the type racks to the home position. Teeth on the cam assembly engage teeth on the type racks for positioning thereof and an extended tooth on the cam assembly causes impact of the racks against a platen which is caused to be rotated by movement of the cam assembly to index the paper to the next print line.