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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1987
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1985
Gerhard Lohrmann, Elchingen/Thalfingen, DE;
Kurt Roehrer, Niederstotzingen, DE;
Mannesmann Aktiengesellschaft, Duesseldorf, DE;
Abstract
A feeder for a printer serves for guiding and/or advancing the record carrier. Tractors (1a and 1b) placed in a pair are provided. The tractors (1a and 1b) have hinged parts which can be adjusted in different hinged positions by pivoting bearings (11). To provide hinged part on printers, particularly dot matrix printers, with simple pivoting bearings that can be produced economically and to eliminate a special fastener for the pivoted positions, a spring steel wire piece (18) cut to length serves as a pivot pin (17) and for fixing of the closed and open end positions of the hinged part (10). The spring steel wire piece (18) is put under tension by bending.