Method of making printing disc

Claim 1

A method of making a printing disc for use in a serial printing apparatus, comprising the steps of: A. molding a first member comprising an annular shaped ring member having a font of characters extending inwardly therefrom, each character disposed upon an individual print head base member, said base member having a character face and a bonding face disposed from said character face, said bonding face containing an interlock extension extending outwardly therefrom; B. molding a second member comprising a disc shaped base having a radially extending plurality of arms, one arm for each base member, said arms each containing an aperture in an outer extending end portion thereof for receipt of a corresponding interlock extension of a respective character base member; C. interlocking said plurality of arms each with a corresponding base member by inserting each respective interlock extension into a corresponding arm aperture to form a composite structure between said first and second members; and D. removing the annular shaped ring member from the resulting composite structure to form a printing disc.

Claim 2

A method of making a printing disc for use in a serial printing apparatus, comprising the steps of: A. molding a first member comprising an annular shaped ring member having a font of characters extending inwardly therefrom, each character disposed upon an individual print head base member, said base member having a character face and a bonding face disposed from said character face, said bonding face containing an interlock extension extending outwardly therefrom; B. molding a second member comprising a disc shaped base having a radially extending plurality of arms, one arm for each base member, said arms each containing an aperture in an outer extending end portion thereof for receipt of a corresponding interlock extension of a respective character base member; C. interlocking said plurality of arms each with a corresponding base member by inserting each respective interlock extension into a corresponding arm aperture to form a composite structure between said first and second members; and D. removing the annular shaped ring member from the resulting composite structure to form a printing disc.

Claim 10

A method of making a printing disc for use in a printing apparatus; comprising the steps of: A. molding a first disc shaped member having a plurality of radially extending flexible arms; B. molding a second member having a general annular configuration, and including a plurality of interconnected radially extending character printing types, the number and relative positions of said printing types corresponding to that for the number of radially extending flexible arms; C. securing said second member to said first member by connecting each of said printing types about respective corresponding outer ends of each of said flexible arms; and D. severing said second member at a plurality of points so that each of said character types is capable of independent movement with its associated arm through a printing stroke.

Claim 11

A method of making a printing disc for use in a printing apparatus; comprising the steps of: A. molding a first disc shaped member having a plurality of radially extending flexible arms; B. molding a second member having a general annular configuration, and including a plurality of interconnected radially extending character printing types, the number and relative positions of said printing types corresponding to that for the number of radially extending flexible arms; C. securing said second member to said first member by connecting each of said printing types about respective corresponding outer ends of each of said flexible arms; and D. severing said second member at a plurality of points so that each of said character types is capable of independent movement with its associated arm through a printing stroke.

Claim 12

A method of making a printing disc for use in a printing apparatus, comprising the steps of: A. forming a first disc shaped member of flexible material, said disc shaped member having a plurality of radially extending flexible arms, said arms each having an end portion for receipt of a corresponding charcter element; B. forming a second member comprising a plurality of individualized but connected character elements, said second member being composed of a durable hard material of a hardness which is relatively harder than said flexible material; C. securing the first and second member together by joining each character element with a respective flexible arm end portion; and D. removing material from said second member so as to provide a composite printing disc assembly having character elements which are mutually separated and capable of independent movement through individual printing strokes.

Claim 13

A method of making a printing disc for use in a printing apparatus, comprising the steps of: A. forming a first disc shaped member of flexible material, said disc shaped member having a plurality of radially extending flexible arms, said arms each having an end portion for receipt of a corresponding charcter element; B. forming a second member comprising a plurality of individualized but connected character elements, said second member being composed of a durable hard material of a hardness which is relatively harder than said flexible material; C. securing the first and second member together by joining each character element with a respective flexible arm end portion; and D. removing material from said second member so as to provide a composite printing disc assembly having character elements which are mutually separated and capable of independent movement through individual printing strokes.