Slotted print type belt with angularly disposed type mounting strips

Claim 2

A drivable print type belt for use in a chain-type printer and comprising a flexible band slotted to form a plurality of acutely angular type member mounting strips extending across said band, and a like number of type members individually mounted on individual ones of said mounting strips, said mounting strips providing facility for type member mounting and reliable type member retention during a driven operation of the belt in a printer, said acutely angular mounting strips being disposed symmetrically across said band, the apexes of said strips being centrally positioned relative to the width thereof.

Claim 3

A print type belt as defined by claim 1 wherein each of said angular mounting strips is provided with a slot formed at the apex thereof, the material of the band on opposite sides of each slot providing a pair of elongated and diametrically opposed ears for retaining a corresponding one of said mounted type members.

Claim 4

A print type belt as defined by claim 2 wherein each of said type members comprises a body, a print character mounted on said body, and a mounting projection extending outwardly from said body opposite said print character and entering the slot of its associated mounting strip for retention by the pair of ears thereof.

Claim 5

A print type belt as defined by claim 1 wherein said band is perforated at regular intervals along at least one of its edges to receive driving teeth of an associated chain-type printer.

Claim 6

A driven print type belt for use in a chain-type printer and comprising a flexible band perforated at regular intervals along each of its lateral margins to receive driving sprocket teeth and slotted central to the margins to form a plurality of similarly oriented V-shaped mounting strips symmetrically disposed across saId band, the apexes of said strips being aligned with the longitudinal median of said band and being longitudinally offset relative to the respective connections of said mounting strips to the margins of said bands, and type members individually mounted on individual ones of said mounting strips, said mounting strips each providing facility for apexially mounting and retaining one of said type members and enabling deflection of its apexially mounted type member laterally out of the plane of the band for making a printing impression.

Claim 7

A driven print type belt for use in a chain-type printer and comprising a flexible band perforated at regular intervals along each of its lateral margins to receive driving sprocket teeth and slotted central to the margins to form a plurality of similarly oriented V-shaped mounting strips symmetrically disposed across saId band, the apexes of said strips being aligned with the longitudinal median of said band and being longitudinally offset relative to the respective connections of said mounting strips to the margins of said bands, and type members individually mounted on individual ones of said mounting strips, said mounting strips each providing facility for apexially mounting and retaining one of said type members and enabling deflection of its apexially mounted type member laterally out of the plane of the band for making a printing impression.