Print hammer rapid reset means in high speed printers

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IN A PRINTER OF THE TYPE WHICH USES A MOVABLE HAMMER FOR FORMING PRINT IMPRESSIONS, AND MOVABLE RESETTABLE MEANS TO ADDRESS THE HAMMER BY DISPLACING THE HAMMER FROM A REST POSITION TO AN ADDRESSED POSITION, AND MEANS TO DRIVE THE ADDRESSED HAMMER TO PERFORM THE PRINT IMPRESSION FUNCTION, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING MEANS FOR CONSTRAINING THE MOVEMENT OF SAID HAMMER TO A NONRECTILINEAR PATH, AT LEAST A PART OF SAID HAMMER BEING ELASTIC AND ENGAGING SAID RESETTABLE ADDRESSING MEANS, SAID PATH BEING SO CONSTRAINED RELATIVE TO SAID RESETTABLE MEANS THAT THE ELASTIC PART OF SAID HAMMER BEARS AGAINST SAID RESETTABLE MEANS AND DEFLECTS DURING A PORTION OF THE HAMMBER MOVEMENT, AND THE DEFLECTION OF SAID ELASTIC PART OF THE HAMMER HAVING A REACTION AGAINST SAID RESETTABLE ADDRESSING MEANS DIRECTED TO RESET SAID ADDRESSING MEANS.