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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1987
Howard F Sherman, McGraw, NY (US);
James H Greggains, Truxton, NY (US);
Hans W Mueller, Cortland, NY (US);
Robert L Kasprzycki, Pompey, NY (US);
Smith Corona Corporation, Cortland, NY (US);
Abstract
A character display is pivotably mounted on an electronic typewriter for pivotable movement from an open position for viewing the character display to a closed position for covering the keyboard. The character display has a pivot axis in alignment with a rotatable axis of the platen. A structure for pivotably mounting the character display includes a spring operable to dampen the pivotable movement of the character display near the closed position. A brake pad combined with the dampening spring holds the character display in manually selected positions near the open position. A paper support which covers a platen and an adjacent open area is combined with the character display located in the closed position to provide a cover for the typewriter.