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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:
Oct. 05, 1982
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Alps Patent Department, Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ; B41J / ; B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4001544 ; 101 9317 ; 400155 ; 400158 ; 4003172 ;
Abstract
A printer having clutches for selectively transmitting the driving power from a single motor to a rotary shaft for rotating the type wheels and to a hammer drive shaft for driving a hammer is described. The clutches are under the control of a single controlling member so that the typing operation can be accomplished by the power furnished by a single motor having a shaft which need rotate continuously in one direction only.