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Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 1987

Filed:

Jun. 06, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:

Jun Shimogawara, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4001441 ; 400169 ; 4001442 ; 400229 ;
Abstract

A serial printer of the print thimble type is provided with a character selecting mechanism tied in with the ribbon advance mechanism. A drive gear is rotationally rigid with the print thimble and is driven to rotate by a gear of greater thickness than the vertical shift experienced by the drive gear when switching between characters located on vertically spaced circumferences of the print thimble. A locking pawl mechanism rotationally locks the drive gear during printing to stabilize the print thimble to improve printing quality. The locking pawl is actuated by a cam mechanism driven by the ribbon advance.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Shimogawara, Jun. (1987). Character selecting mechanism for a serial printer (U.S. Patent No. 4653944). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4653944

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