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Dot printing wire
Assignee: Pilot Corp
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Filing: 1977-03-10
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Granted: 1979-05-22
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Expires: 1997-03-10
Abstract
Abstract A dot printing wire is provided at its tip with a wear-resistant contact made of an alloy selected from the group consisting of alloys composed of two or more platinum group metals, alloys of platinum group metals and transition metals and alloys of platinum group metals, transition metals and boron.
Inventors
- 👤 Ichiro Takahashi
- 👤 Eiji Sekine
- 👤 Shiyoji Wada
- 👤 Hiroshi Matubara
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 21:20
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41J; B41J2/00; B41J2/22; B41J2/23; B41J2/235; B41J2/25
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
147 words
A dot printing wire whose printing point is provided with a wear-resistant contact made of an alloy consisting of platinum group metals and transition group metals, said platinum group metals being selected from the group consisting of the combination of osmium and iridium; the combination of osmium, iridium and ruthenium; the combination of osmium, iridium, and platinum, or the combination of osmium, iridium, ruthenium and platinum, wherein the osmium is present in each of said platinum group combinations in an amount of 10-90% by weight based on the total weight of the platinum metals; said alloy also containing a transition metal selected from the group consisting of niobium, tantalum, chromium, tungsten, rhenium, iron, nickel and cobalt, and wherein the platinum group metals are present in an amount of 20-50%, based on the total weight of the transition group metals and platinum group metal combinations in the alloy.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
147 words
A dot printing wire whose printing point is provided with a wear-resistant contact made of an alloy consisting of platinum group metals and transition group metals, said platinum group metals being selected from the group consisting of the combination of osmium and iridium; the combination of osmium, iridium and ruthenium; the combination of osmium, iridium, and platinum, or the combination of osmium, iridium, ruthenium and platinum, wherein the osmium is present in each of said platinum group combinations in an amount of 10-90% by weight based on the total weight of the platinum metals; said alloy also containing a transition metal selected from the group consisting of niobium, tantalum, chromium, tungsten, rhenium, iron, nickel and cobalt, and wherein the platinum group metals are present in an amount of 20-50%, based on the total weight of the transition group metals and platinum group metal combinations in the alloy.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
A dot printing wire according to claim 1, in which the platinum metal group combination is osmium and iridium.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
A dot printing wire according to claim 1, in which the platinum metal group combination is osmium, iridium and ruthenium.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
A dot printing wire according to claim 1, in which the platinum metal group combination is osmium, iridium and platinum.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
A dot printing wire according to claim 1, in which the platinum metal group combination is osmium, iridium, ruthenium and platinum.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
161 words
A dot printing wire whose printing point is provided with a wear-resistant contact made of an alloy consisting of platinum group metals, transition group metals and boron, said boron being present in an amount of 0.2 to 2.0% by weight, based on the total weight of the alloy, said platinum group metals being selected from the group consisting of the combination of osmium and iridium; the combination of osmium, iridium and ruthenium; the combination of osmium, iridium and platinum or the combination of osmium, iridium ruthenium and platinum, wherein the osmium is present in each of said platinum group combinations in an amount of 10-90% by weight based on the total weight of the platinum metals; said alloy also containing a transition metal selected from the group consisting of niobium, tantalum, chromium, tungsten, rhenium, iron, nickel and cobalt, and wherein the platinum group metals are present in an amount of 20-50% by weight based on the total weight of the alloy.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
161 words
A dot printing wire whose printing point is provided with a wear-resistant contact made of an alloy consisting of platinum group metals, transition group metals and boron, said boron being present in an amount of 0.2 to 2.0% by weight, based on the total weight of the alloy, said platinum group metals being selected from the group consisting of the combination of osmium and iridium; the combination of osmium, iridium and ruthenium; the combination of osmium, iridium and platinum or the combination of osmium, iridium ruthenium and platinum, wherein the osmium is present in each of said platinum group combinations in an amount of 10-90% by weight based on the total weight of the platinum metals; said alloy also containing a transition metal selected from the group consisting of niobium, tantalum, chromium, tungsten, rhenium, iron, nickel and cobalt, and wherein the platinum group metals are present in an amount of 20-50% by weight based on the total weight of the alloy.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
A dot printing wire according to claim 6, in which the platinum group metals are a combination of osmium, iridium, ruthenium and platinum.
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