Title: Printer having swingable printing character supporting endless belts

Abstract: A printer having a plurality of swingable and rotatable printing character bearing endless belts each of which is stretched around a pair of rotatable wheels, one of which is adapted to be swung into contact with a platen. The other wheel is adapted to be driven by a driving shaft to select the character to be printed. The belts are selectively swung in response to a signal from a control circuit to abut the characters selected against the platen onto a paper therebetween, and the belts are also selectively moved by the other wheels in response to electrical signals which drive a drive shaft which drives the other wheels.

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Inventors: Okabe, Katsuhiko (Tokorozawa, JP)

Application Number: 862831
Filing Date: 1977-12-21
Publication_date: 1980-03-04
Assignee: Copal Company Limited (Tokyo, JP)
Primary Class(es): 101/93.14 400/146
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US Patent Ref:

2901540	Aug, 1959	Canepa	101/111.
3115092	Dec, 1963	Sasaki	101/111.
3766852	Oct, 1973	DePuy et al.	101/111.
3793951	Feb, 1974	Denley	101/111.
3983804	Oct, 1976	Thienemann	101/111.
4075945	Feb, 1978	Bienholz	101/111.

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Primary Examiner: Coven, Edward M.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Nissen; J. Harold