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US3900094B1
US3900094B1 US35901373A US3900094B1 US 3900094 B1 US3900094 B1 US 3900094B1 US 35901373 A US35901373 A US 35901373A US 3900094 B1 US3900094 B1 US 3900094B1
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MICRO PERIPHERALS Inc A Co OF UT
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Eaton Corp
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Priority to FR7235426A priority Critical patent/FR2155620A5/fr
Application filed by Eaton Corp filed Critical Eaton Corp
Priority to US359013A priority patent/US3900094A/en
Priority to NL7405831A priority patent/NL7405831A/xx
Priority to IT50785/74A priority patent/IT1011381B/en
Priority to DE2421658A priority patent/DE2421658A1/en
Priority to JP49050768A priority patent/JPS5014414A/ja
Priority to BR3841/74A priority patent/BR7403841D0/en
Priority to FR7416315A priority patent/FR2228619B3/fr
Publication of US3900094A publication Critical patent/US3900094A/en
Priority to US05/754,652 priority patent/US4079824A/en
Assigned to EATON CORPORATION, A CORP. OF OH. reassignment EATON CORPORATION, A CORP. OF OH. ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST. Assignors: LRC, INC.
Priority to JP62030612A priority patent/JPS62246743A/en
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Assigned to MICRO PERIPHERALS, INC., A COMPANY OF UT reassignment MICRO PERIPHERALS, INC., A COMPANY OF UT ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST. Assignors: EATON CORPORATION, A CORP. OF OH.
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/485—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by the process of building-up characters or image elements applicable to two or more kinds of printing or marking processes
    • B41J2/505—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by the process of building-up characters or image elements applicable to two or more kinds of printing or marking processes from an assembly of identical printing elements
    • B41J2/5056—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by the process of building-up characters or image elements applicable to two or more kinds of printing or marking processes from an assembly of identical printing elements using dot arrays providing selective dot disposition modes, e.g. different dot densities for high speed and high-quality printing, array line selections for multi-pass printing, or dot shifts for character inclination
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J19/00—Character- or line-spacing mechanisms
    • B41J19/18—Character-spacing or back-spacing mechanisms; Carriage return or release devices therefor
    • B41J19/20—Positive-feed character-spacing mechanisms
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/22—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of impact or pressure on a printing material or impression-transfer material
    • B41J2/23—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of impact or pressure on a printing material or impression-transfer material using print wires
    • B41J2/27—Actuators for print wires
    • B41J2/285—Actuators for print wires of plunger type

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Quality & Reliability (AREA)
  • Impact Printers (AREA)
  • Dot-Matrix Printers And Others (AREA)
  • Printers Characterized By Their Purpose (AREA)
US359013A 1971-10-07 1973-05-10 Matrix printer with overlapping print dots Expired - Lifetime US3900094A (en)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
FR7235426A FR2155620A5 (en) 1971-10-07 1972-10-06
US359013A US3900094A (en) 1973-05-10 1973-05-10 Matrix printer with overlapping print dots
NL7405831A NL7405831A (en) 1973-05-10 1974-05-01
IT50785/74A IT1011381B (en) 1973-05-10 1974-05-03 IMPROVEMENT IN MATRIX TYPE PRINTOUTS
DE2421658A DE2421658A1 (en) 1973-05-10 1974-05-04 MATERIAL PRINTING DEVICE
JP49050768A JPS5014414A (en) 1973-05-10 1974-05-09
BR3841/74A BR7403841D0 (en) 1973-05-10 1974-05-10 YARN MATRIX PRINTER
FR7416315A FR2228619B3 (en) 1973-05-10 1974-05-10
US05/754,652 US4079824A (en) 1971-10-07 1976-12-27 Double speed dot matrix printhead
JP62030612A JPS62246743A (en) 1973-05-10 1987-02-12 Matrix printer

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US359013A US3900094A (en) 1973-05-10 1973-05-10 Matrix printer with overlapping print dots

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US3900094A US3900094A (en) 1975-08-19
US3900094B1 true US3900094B1 (en) 1987-05-05

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US359013A Expired - Lifetime US3900094A (en) 1971-10-07 1973-05-10 Matrix printer with overlapping print dots

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JP (2) JPS5014414A (en)
BR (1) BR7403841D0 (en)
DE (1) DE2421658A1 (en)
IT (1) IT1011381B (en)
NL (1) NL7405831A (en)

Cited By (39)

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US4010835A (en) * 1975-08-01 1977-03-08 International Business Machines Corporation Matrix print head
US4016965A (en) * 1975-08-19 1977-04-12 Ncr Corporation Matrix print head and solenoid driver
US4034841A (en) * 1974-10-23 1977-07-12 Nippon Electric Co., Ltd. Print wire actuating device for a dot matrix printer
US4050568A (en) * 1975-12-05 1977-09-27 Sperry Rand Corporation Stylus carriage drive
US4059183A (en) * 1976-12-30 1977-11-22 International Business Machines Corporation Dot matrix printer with slanted print head and modular skewing of dot pattern information
US4079824A (en) * 1971-10-07 1978-03-21 Xerox Corporation Double speed dot matrix printhead
US4081067A (en) * 1977-03-07 1978-03-28 Ncr Corporation Internal vibration dampening means for printing mechanism
US4084678A (en) * 1974-07-31 1978-04-18 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Printer needle guide means for mosaic printers
US4098388A (en) * 1976-11-04 1978-07-04 Fabrique d'Horlogerie CHS, Tissot & Fils. S.A. Printing wire for use in a matrix printer and method for making same
US4119383A (en) * 1976-07-20 1978-10-10 Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. Method and apparatus for inserting intermediate dots in a dot matrix using a dot printer
US4140406A (en) * 1977-06-13 1979-02-20 Dataproducts Dot matrix print head
US4149807A (en) * 1976-03-04 1979-04-17 Facit Aktiebolag Method of typewriting or printing
US4155661A (en) * 1976-10-28 1979-05-22 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Mounting arrangement for electromagnet driving structures in a mosaic needle printer head
US4159882A (en) * 1977-06-30 1979-07-03 R. C. Sanders Technology Systems, Inc. High quality printer
US4211496A (en) * 1979-01-29 1980-07-08 Small Business Administration Printing solenoid
US4217820A (en) * 1975-01-09 1980-08-19 Johannes Lorsch Apparatus for printing on transparency slides
US4239401A (en) * 1978-11-01 1980-12-16 Plessey Peripheral Systems Impact printer hammer assembly
US4242003A (en) * 1978-10-16 1980-12-30 Xerox Corporation Multi-pass matrix printing
US4255062A (en) * 1978-04-17 1981-03-10 Mannesmann Aktiengesellschaft Matrix print head
US4268179A (en) * 1979-10-29 1981-05-19 E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company Method and system for reproducing identification characters
US4279521A (en) * 1979-11-02 1981-07-21 International Business Machines Corporation Wire matrix print head
EP0040313A2 (en) * 1980-05-20 1981-11-25 Monarch Marking Systems, Inc. Matrix printer
US4308794A (en) * 1978-07-13 1982-01-05 Contardo Adamoli Hammer assembly for a serial typing device
US4389127A (en) * 1979-12-10 1983-06-21 Florida Data Corporation High speed dot matrix impact printer
US4431319A (en) * 1980-08-18 1984-02-14 Epson Corporation Method and apparatus for serial dot printing
US4447166A (en) * 1981-06-04 1984-05-08 Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd. Printing head of dot printer
US4522122A (en) * 1983-05-03 1985-06-11 Ncr Canada Ltd - Ncr Canada Ltee Fast impact hammer for high speed printer
US4523867A (en) * 1983-07-25 1985-06-18 Genicom Corporation Bi-directional drive print wire actuator with forward-velocity and reverse-position closed loop feedback control
US4586835A (en) * 1984-04-20 1986-05-06 International Business Machines Corporation Printer for printing characters in two alternative print qualities
US4589786A (en) * 1982-08-05 1986-05-20 Nec Corporation Impact printer head capable of printing a dot at a distance narrower than a thickness of a printer unit
WO1987003539A1 (en) * 1985-12-12 1987-06-18 Data Card Corporation Direct solenoid drive imprinting mechanism
US4687354A (en) * 1985-09-12 1987-08-18 Kazumi Tanaka Dot matrix printer head
US4744684A (en) * 1985-11-05 1988-05-17 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Impact-type recording apparatus
US4749291A (en) * 1986-09-23 1988-06-07 Pentel Kabushiki Kaisha Inking system for wire dot matrix printer
US4812062A (en) * 1986-12-12 1989-03-14 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Print hammer with flux detection for print pressure control
US4929103A (en) * 1980-11-06 1990-05-29 Mannesmann Ag Shiftable guide for a matrix printhead
US5044793A (en) * 1983-07-08 1991-09-03 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Hammer device having adjustable striking force
US5150976A (en) * 1987-05-08 1992-09-29 Siemens-Nixdorf Informationssysteme Ag Matrix printing head with forward and return articulated-armature magnets
US5320435A (en) * 1988-06-09 1994-06-14 Datacard Corporation Direct solenoid drive imprinting mechanism

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CA1096234A (en) * 1977-06-13 1981-02-24 Harold A. Long Wear minimizing means for printing mechanism

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US3217640A (en) * 1963-04-30 1965-11-16 Burroughs Corp Electromagnetic actuating means for wire printers
US3302562A (en) * 1964-06-29 1967-02-07 Ibm Means to prevent excessive frictional loading in a wire printer
US3592311A (en) * 1968-10-02 1971-07-13 Ibm Wire printing head
US3627096A (en) * 1969-04-25 1971-12-14 Ibm Wire printing method
US3743898A (en) * 1970-03-31 1973-07-03 Oded Eddie Sturman Latching actuators
US3670861A (en) * 1970-09-10 1972-06-20 Extel Corp Carriage drive for high speed printer
US3729079A (en) * 1970-10-30 1973-04-24 Extel Corp Printing head for high speed dot matrix printer
US3771634A (en) * 1971-05-06 1973-11-13 Bausch & Lomb Surface pattern stylus board
US3690431A (en) * 1971-06-14 1972-09-12 Centronics Data Computer Print head assembly containing solenoids
JPS4946337A (en) * 1972-09-06 1974-05-02

Cited By (41)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4079824A (en) * 1971-10-07 1978-03-21 Xerox Corporation Double speed dot matrix printhead
US4084678A (en) * 1974-07-31 1978-04-18 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Printer needle guide means for mosaic printers
US4034841A (en) * 1974-10-23 1977-07-12 Nippon Electric Co., Ltd. Print wire actuating device for a dot matrix printer
US4217820A (en) * 1975-01-09 1980-08-19 Johannes Lorsch Apparatus for printing on transparency slides
US4010835A (en) * 1975-08-01 1977-03-08 International Business Machines Corporation Matrix print head
US4016965A (en) * 1975-08-19 1977-04-12 Ncr Corporation Matrix print head and solenoid driver
US4050568A (en) * 1975-12-05 1977-09-27 Sperry Rand Corporation Stylus carriage drive
US4149807A (en) * 1976-03-04 1979-04-17 Facit Aktiebolag Method of typewriting or printing
US4119383A (en) * 1976-07-20 1978-10-10 Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. Method and apparatus for inserting intermediate dots in a dot matrix using a dot printer
US4155661A (en) * 1976-10-28 1979-05-22 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Mounting arrangement for electromagnet driving structures in a mosaic needle printer head
US4098388A (en) * 1976-11-04 1978-07-04 Fabrique d'Horlogerie CHS, Tissot & Fils. S.A. Printing wire for use in a matrix printer and method for making same
US4059183A (en) * 1976-12-30 1977-11-22 International Business Machines Corporation Dot matrix printer with slanted print head and modular skewing of dot pattern information
US4081067A (en) * 1977-03-07 1978-03-28 Ncr Corporation Internal vibration dampening means for printing mechanism
US4140406A (en) * 1977-06-13 1979-02-20 Dataproducts Dot matrix print head
DE2857357A1 (en) * 1977-06-30 1980-03-13 Sanders Tech Syst METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH QUALITY LETTERING CHARACTERS IN THE MOSAIC GRID FOR IMPELLER PRINTERS
US4159882A (en) * 1977-06-30 1979-07-03 R. C. Sanders Technology Systems, Inc. High quality printer
US4255062A (en) * 1978-04-17 1981-03-10 Mannesmann Aktiengesellschaft Matrix print head
US4308794A (en) * 1978-07-13 1982-01-05 Contardo Adamoli Hammer assembly for a serial typing device
US4242003A (en) * 1978-10-16 1980-12-30 Xerox Corporation Multi-pass matrix printing
US4239401A (en) * 1978-11-01 1980-12-16 Plessey Peripheral Systems Impact printer hammer assembly
US4211496A (en) * 1979-01-29 1980-07-08 Small Business Administration Printing solenoid
US4268179A (en) * 1979-10-29 1981-05-19 E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company Method and system for reproducing identification characters
US4279521A (en) * 1979-11-02 1981-07-21 International Business Machines Corporation Wire matrix print head
US4389127A (en) * 1979-12-10 1983-06-21 Florida Data Corporation High speed dot matrix impact printer
EP0040313A3 (en) * 1980-05-20 1982-10-27 Monarch Marking Systems, Inc. High quality printer
EP0040313A2 (en) * 1980-05-20 1981-11-25 Monarch Marking Systems, Inc. Matrix printer
US4431319A (en) * 1980-08-18 1984-02-14 Epson Corporation Method and apparatus for serial dot printing
US4929103A (en) * 1980-11-06 1990-05-29 Mannesmann Ag Shiftable guide for a matrix printhead
US4447166A (en) * 1981-06-04 1984-05-08 Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd. Printing head of dot printer
US4589786A (en) * 1982-08-05 1986-05-20 Nec Corporation Impact printer head capable of printing a dot at a distance narrower than a thickness of a printer unit
US4522122A (en) * 1983-05-03 1985-06-11 Ncr Canada Ltd - Ncr Canada Ltee Fast impact hammer for high speed printer
US5044793A (en) * 1983-07-08 1991-09-03 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Hammer device having adjustable striking force
US4523867A (en) * 1983-07-25 1985-06-18 Genicom Corporation Bi-directional drive print wire actuator with forward-velocity and reverse-position closed loop feedback control
US4586835A (en) * 1984-04-20 1986-05-06 International Business Machines Corporation Printer for printing characters in two alternative print qualities
US4687354A (en) * 1985-09-12 1987-08-18 Kazumi Tanaka Dot matrix printer head
US4744684A (en) * 1985-11-05 1988-05-17 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Impact-type recording apparatus
WO1987003539A1 (en) * 1985-12-12 1987-06-18 Data Card Corporation Direct solenoid drive imprinting mechanism
US4749291A (en) * 1986-09-23 1988-06-07 Pentel Kabushiki Kaisha Inking system for wire dot matrix printer
US4812062A (en) * 1986-12-12 1989-03-14 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Print hammer with flux detection for print pressure control
US5150976A (en) * 1987-05-08 1992-09-29 Siemens-Nixdorf Informationssysteme Ag Matrix printing head with forward and return articulated-armature magnets
US5320435A (en) * 1988-06-09 1994-06-14 Datacard Corporation Direct solenoid drive imprinting mechanism

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JPS62246743A (en) 1987-10-27
JPS5014414A (en) 1975-02-15
BR7403841D0 (en) 1975-01-21
IT1011381B (en) 1977-01-20

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Effective date: 19860121

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Owner name: MICRO PERIPHERALS, INC., 15070 AVENUE OF SCIENCE,

Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST.;ASSIGNOR:EATON CORPORATION, A CORP. OF OH.;REEL/FRAME:004942/0898

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