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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1998
Satoru Tobita, Hitachinaka, JP;
Yoshikane Matsumoto, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hideaki Mamiya, Hitachinaka, JP;
Yuji Ohmura, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A hammer bank mounted on direct drive bearings reciprocally moves along a shaft. Springs provided at each end of the shaft supplies repulsive force to the hammer bank. When sheet feed operations for a plurality of carriage returns are performed, the hammer bank is stopped at a predetermined position away from the springs. When the reciprocal movement of the hammer bank is restarted, the hammer bank is first moved to a reverse position where the repulsive force of the spring is in the maximum. Then, the hammer bank is accelerated by utilizing the repulsive force of the spring and restarts the reciprocal movement.