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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 1985
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1984
William D Thorne, Charlotte, NC (US);
David M Sedgwick, Charlotte, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A printer of the type including a platen, a bank of hammers extending in a straight line and spaced from the platen, a metal band on which are mounted print elements and drive means for moving the band between the platen and the hammer bank is provided with means for controlling the movement of the band. This band movement control means includes a guide surface extending along the hammer bank and bearing means located adjacent to one edge of the guide surface and including at least one bearing surface extending perpendicular to the guide surface. The control means also includes a permanent magnet means located adjacent to the guide surface and the bearing means and adapted to attract one surface of the band to the guide surface and one edge of the band to the bearing surface. The permanent magnet means comprises a plurality of elongated parallel sided permanent magnet members each magnetized so as to exhibit a pole of one polarity on one elongate surface and a pole of the opposite polarity on the opposite elongate surface. The elongated permanent magnet members are positioned side by side in parallel lines so that the exposed elongate surfaces of adjacent members exhibit poles of opposite polarity. The elongated permanent members are located on the guide surface so that the parallel lines are inclined at an angle to the direction of movement of the band past the surface, towards the bearing surface.