Double band type carrier

Claim 1

An impact printer for representing characters on a record medium, comprising: a continuously rotating typewheel having an axis of rotation and having a generally spherically shaped face section perpendicular to the radii of said typewheel, said typewheel having first and second bands of type characters, at least some of the type characters on said first band being different in type than the type characters on said second band, each band being arranged on the face of said typewheel in a circular path extending about the periphery of said typewheel, said circular path defining a type plane, said type planes intersecting each other at two points on the wheel and crossing a projection of the axis of the typewheel at a predetermined angle when its typeband is in printing position and at an angle other than said predetermined angle when its typeband is not in printing position; a hub keyed to said typewheel, said typewheel being deflectable about the axis of said hub, print actuator means aligned with said typewheel; means for translating said typewheel and said print actuator means across a row of said record medium, and means for deflecting said typewheel to align a selected one of said bands with said print actuator means in response to a control signal signifying that a desired character on said selected band is to be imprinted on said record medium.