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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. 24, 1984
Filed:
Mar. 09, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Fred M Howell, Amherst, NH (US);
Theodore J Goodlander, Nashua, NH (US);
Duarte M Brazao, Nashua, NH (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ; B41J / ; B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400 82 ; 101 9304 ; 101 9312 ; 400124 ; 4001442 ; 400149 ; 400229 ;
Abstract
A printer capable of operation as a dot matrix printer, and, alternatively, as a daisy wheel printer, the printer including the carriage providing for the mounting of a daisy wheel and associated hammer solenoid or a dot matrix printhead, the carriage including a diasy wheel drive mechanism and means for automatically selecting a mode of operation consistent with the mode of printing desired.