摘要:
An ink ribbon cassette apparatus which eliminates slack in an ink ribbon when the ink ribbon cassette is loaded on a printer. The ink ribbon is supplied from a supply reel and taken up on a take-up reel both supported on the cassette. A detector detects when the cassette is loaded on the cassette apparatus and in turn drives the take-up reel to draw a short length of the ink ribbon onto the take-up reel. The rotatable supply member is restrained by spring tension from rotating and from supplying the ribbon, providing a back tension on the ink ribbon and preventing slack.
摘要:
A type ribbon deskewing mechanism used in a type ribbon feed apparatus to prevent the skewing of a ribbon on ribbon spools when the position of the ribbon on a ribbon guide is changed as the ribbon passes through the print position. The apparatus includes the ribbon guide pivotally attached to a base plate. A solenoid is attached to the ribbon guide for changing the position of the ribbon. The deskewing mechanism includes pivot guides and stationary guides for guiding the ribbon on the ribbon guide and ribbon spools.
摘要:
The present feed regulating conveyor bin has a lower conveyor for conveying fibrous materials toward a discharge device including a pair of inclined rows of spiked rollers. A stud link chain conveyor is provided above the lower conveyor in the upper portion of the bin housing. Flexible, smooth surfaced pieces are hinged to each of the stud links. The surface pieces have a width substantially equal to the width of the housing and a length greater than the distances between adjacent stud links of the chain. A platform is provided beneath the upper course of the stud link chain conveyor in the region of an inlet opening on the upper surface of the housing, to support the surface pieces in a horizontal position for receiving and transporting fibrous material. At the end of the platform the surface pieces hinge downwardly to drop the fibrous material onto the lower conveyor belt or if a pile of material is already present thereon, to carry the fibrous material on the other sides of the surface pieces supported by the top of the pile of material, for discharge at the end of the pile away from the discharge device.
摘要:
In a typewriter of the kind having a carriage movable vertically relative to the type bar assembly to provide three cases of type, the carriage rests on a shift member slidable vertically in guides formed in the body of the typewriter and a spring acts between the body and the shift member biassing the shift member to an intermediate position. One shift key moves the shift member to a lowermost position, overcoming the spring bias, and a second shift key moves the shift member to an uppermost position, overcoming the weight of the carriage.
摘要:
A cyclic means executes a cyclic operation incidental to each operation of a typing mechanism and early in each such cyclic operation causes a ribbon vibrator first to be subjected to a resilient operating urge and then to be restored. Moreover, late in said operations of said cyclic means there is alternately set up one or another stopping condition for said vibrator, whereby said vibrator is operated resiliently to different extents at alternate typing operations. In connection with typing operations effected while the machine is in an upper case state, there becomes set up a substitute stopping condition for one of said two stopping conditions.
摘要:
A printer wherein a zero position sensor generates a zero-position signal and a non-zero-position signal depending upon whether the print head is placed in its zero position or not, and a print head locking mechanism is provided for permitting print head movement from the zero position when a ribbon holder supporting one or more ribbons is placed in a predetermined initial position, and inhibiting the print head movement from the zero position when the ribbon holder is not in the initial position, so that the non-zero-position signal is generated if the print head is moved away from the zero position with the ribbon holder placed in the initial position. When the ribbon holder is not in the initial position, the print head is not moved away from the zero position and the zero-position signal remains even if the print head is commanded to move away from the zero position, so that the single zero position sensor cooperates with the locking mechanism to detect both the print head zero position and the ribbon holder initial position.
摘要:
A printer employs an ink ribbon in the form of a tape and is provided with a control system for judging proper printing positions of characters to be printed within respective printing ranges and for determining the relative position of the ink ribbon with respect to a printing head and a stepping motor for shifting the ink ribbon in a direction widthwise of the ink ribbon in response to signals from the control system so that printing is performed utilizing only the center portion of the ink ribbon regardless of the character or symbol being printed.
摘要:
A ribbon cartridge (10) is attached to a carrier (1) of a printing device such that it is tiltable along an axis that is parallel to the print line to drop the ribbon such that the print line is visible. That part of cartridge (10) which is opposite of the ribbon exposing part and on the other side of tilting axis (18) is on its bottom provided with a ribbon advance knob (8). Into this knob (8) two essentially upright standing walls and inclined ramps (11) are molded. The ribbon feed device (6), provided on carrier (1), has a blade (5) or noses (17) which cooperate with slot-forming walls (12) of knob (8). In ribbon drive direction (14) cartridge (10) automatically drops into coupling interconnection for ribbon feed. Upon turning ribbon feed device (6) in reverse direction (16) blade (5) or noses (17) slide up ramp (11) and lift the rear part and drop the front part of the cartridge (10) so that the print line is rendered visible.
摘要:
An ink ribbon cassette is pivotably mounted to a printer. Ink ribbon is accommodated in the ink ribbon cassette and is caused to travel by a ribbon feed roller driven by a drive shaft provided in the printer. Printing operation is carried out at the cassette end arm portion by a printing head, while the cassette end arm portion is reciprocatingly moved in the widthwise direction of the ink ribbon relative to the fixed printing head by an actuating mechanism so that a printing region of the ink ribbon is diffused and becomes wider than a printing width of the printing head. The actuating mechanism includes a small gear integral with the ribbon feed roller, a cam driven by the small gear, and a lever engaging with the cam.
摘要:
A printing ribbon positioning apparatus and method of operation thereof advances a ribbon in connection with the printing of a character with one of a plurality of print rows across the width of the ribbon by an amount that takes into consideration the past advancement of the ribbon in connection with the last characters printed with each of the other rows of the ribbon and the widths of the character to be printed and the last character printed with the same print row of the ribbon as the character to be printed.