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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1987
Boris Ukmar, Banchette, IT;
Mario Trompetto, Mercenasco, IT;
Ing. C. Olivetti & C., S.p.A., Ivrea, IT;
Abstract
The ribbon (17) has an external run between the type element (25) and platen of a daisy-wheel typewriter. This run stretches between terminal members (59) which protrude from side arms (33 and 34) of the cartridge casing (18) and are fixed to the distal ends of arms (39, 41) pivotally mounted in the casing (18) at pivot (52). The arms (39, 41) are biased downwardly by wire springs (67) to expose the typing line. Ribbon lift levers of the typewriter raise the arms simultaneously to position a selected one of three tracks on the ribbon at the level of the typing point and a single drive shaft provides for the advancement of the ribbon. The cartridge comprises a feed spool and a take-up spool for the ribbon, a drive roller and a pressure roller which nip the ribbon internally to the casing, a transmission mechanism having a series of pinions and gears for transmitting the drive motion from the drive shaft of the typewriter to the pressure roller and to the take-up spool of the cartridge. A gear of the transmission mechanism is coaxial with the tke-up spool and is connected with the take-up spool by means of a friction clutch, which permits a slip motion between the gear and the take-up spool.