Programmed character printing means for stamping tubing material
Abstract
Abstract A HEATED STATIONARY CHARACTER BAR COOPERATES WITH A PROGRAM MOVED CARRIAGE HAVING A SOLENOID ACTUATED HAMMER, A PRINTING TAPE SUPPLY REEL AND TUBING SUPPLY REEL CARRIED BY A CANTILEVERED ARM, A PRINTING TAPE TAKEUP REEL DRIVEN BY A SOLENOID ACTUATED MECHANISM IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF THE HAMMER, AND A CYLINDRICAL TUBING RECEIVING CONTAINER. THE CARRIAGE HAS A DEPENDING BALL BEARING NUT GUIDINGLY RECEIVED WITHIN AN UPWARDLY OPENING CHANNEL ON THE STATIONARY BASE. A REVERSIBLE ELECTRIC MOTOR SELECTIVELY DRIVES A LEAD SCREW WITHIN THE CHANNEL THAT IS THREADED THROUGH THE NUT TO SELECTIVELY ALIGN THE HAMMER WITH A DESIRED CHARACTER ON THE BAR FOR THERMAL EMBEDDING A PORTION OF THE PRINTING TAPE CORRESPONDING TO THE CHARACTER INTO THE TUBING, WHICH IS PREFERABLY PLASTIC.
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- 👤 Lewis H Angle
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