发明名称 |
Dot matrix line printer |
摘要 |
A dot matrix line printer/plotter apparatus for producing hard copy printout of digitally represented data. The apparatus utilizes one or more hammer banks, each mounted so as to shuttle across a paper web fed therepast. Each hammer bank carries a plurality of hammer assemblies, each of which can be individually actuated to print a dot as it sweeps across the paper. Each hammer bank is mounted on a circuit board which carries electronic circuitry to actuate the hammer assemblies thereon. The circuit boards are supported by leaf springs and driven by a stepper motor which shuttles the boards along linear paths to sweep each hammer assembly across a certain portion of the paper width. Each hammer assembly includes a hammer supported in a guide tube for linear movement between a retracted position and an extended position engaging the paper. A permanent magnet is provided to normally latch the hammer in its retracted position. Each hammer assembly further includes a coil energizable to null the action of the permanent magnet as to that hammer assembly and to thus permit a spring to propel the hammer to said extended position.
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申请公布号 |
US4513661(A) |
申请公布日期 |
1985.04.30 |
申请号 |
US19830482133 |
申请日期 |
1983.04.04 |
申请人 |
TRILOG, INC. |
发明人 |
MELISSA, RAYMOND F.;GRUMMETT, LORNE H.;CHAMBERLAIN, JOHN C. |
分类号 |
B41J2/245;B41J15/06;(IPC1-7):B41J3/12 |
主分类号 |
B41J2/245 |
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