Covering for the typing region of printers, typewriters or devices of similar design

摘要

For covering typing regions of printers, typewriters or devices of similar design, it is customary to close the upper part of the housing using a hinged covering plate. The invention is based on the object of providing a covering which allows easy and rapid exchange of ink-ribbon cassettes, ink cartridges and/or print heads and which requires no special skill by the operator for engaging the covering. This object is achieved in that the covering plate (9) designed as a covering is connected to the upper part (2) of the housing so as to be rotatable and displaceable via pin-and-slot guides arranged behind the roller platen (3), in that, when the covering plate reaches its open upright position, it slides due to its own weight out of one end position into the other end position of the pin-and-slot guide, the covering plate (9) being automatically lockable against rotation. <IMAGE>