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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 1989
Filed:
May. 26, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shingo Kato, Yokohama, JP;
Shunichi Ogawa, Hatano, JP;
Makoto Yumoto, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuhiro Suzuki, Sagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400320 ; 292811 ; 269 47 ; 269309 ; 400352 ; 400691 ;
Abstract
A printing apparatus such as a printer of the type using a type wheel includes two guide members which extend between a pair of side frames and each of which is fixed by riveting. A carrier is slidably mounted on the guide members. A carriage loaded with a type wheel and others is mounted on a carrier in such a manner as to be rotatable by 90 degrees between a predetermined print position and a wheel replace position behind the print position. A sensor for determining the presence/absence and the kind of a type wheel loaded in the carriage is provided.