Ribbon mask for a wire dot printer.

摘要

A wire dot printer having a platen (4) for supporting a paper or other sheet (7) to be printed; a carriage (2) movable laterally of the platen (4); a printing head (1) mounted on the carriage (2) and provided with a plurality of wires (21) which may be moved to strike against said sheet (7) with an ink ribbon (8) interposed therebetween; and a ribbon mask (6) disposed between the printing head (1) and the platen (4) to ensure that the said sheet (7) is normally separated from the ink ribbon (8) characterised in that the printing head (1) has a nose portion (1-1, 41-1) disposed opposite to a printing surface of the platen (4), the nose portion (1-1, 41-1) supporting the printing wires (21) for alignment opposite to the said printing surface; the carriage (2) being provided with spaced apart holding members (5) between which the nose portion (1-1,41-1) is disposed; and the ribbon mask (6) being constituted by a resilient member which detachably engages both the holding members (5) and a part or parts (12-1,12-2, 41-3,41-4) of the nose portion (41-1) or of a number (12) carried by the nose portion (1-1).