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Print head
Assignee: BT Commercial Corp
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Filing: 1977-09-12
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Granted: 1979-08-07
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Expires: 1997-09-12
Abstract
Abstract There is disclosed a compact print head utilizing printing bands, coaxial drive wheels, a single selector for the drive wheels and support structure by which two or more lines of data can be printed on a record or other suitable surface.
Inventors
- 👤 Paul H. Hamisch, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 13:16
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41K; B41K3/00; B41K3/02; B41K3/04; B41K3/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
94 words
A compact print head, comprising: a plurality of coaxially mounted wheels, a support having a plurality of supporting stations, and a plurality of printing bands, each printing band having a plurality of different printing elements, each printing band being trained about a wheel and the support and at least some of the printing elements being selectively registerable with any one of the supporting stations, the printing elements lying in the same plane irrespective of the supporting station with which they are registered, whereby the print head can print at least two lines of data.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
94 words
A compact print head, comprising: a plurality of coaxially mounted wheels, a support having a plurality of supporting stations, and a plurality of printing bands, each printing band having a plurality of different printing elements, each printing band being trained about a wheel and the support and at least some of the printing elements being selectively registerable with any one of the supporting stations, the printing elements lying in the same plane irrespective of the supporting station with which they are registered, whereby the print head can print at least two lines of data.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
103 words
A compact print head, comprising: a plurality of coaxially mounted wheels, a single manually operable selector for rotating any selected wheel, a support having a plurality of supporting stations, a plurality of printing bands, each printing band having a plurality of different printing elements, each printing band being trained about a wheel and the support and at least some of the printing elements being selectively registerable with any one of the supporting stations, the printing elements lying in the same plane irrespective of the supporting station with which they are registered, whereby the print head can print at least two lines of data.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
103 words
A compact print head, comprising: a plurality of coaxially mounted wheels, a single manually operable selector for rotating any selected wheel, a support having a plurality of supporting stations, a plurality of printing bands, each printing band having a plurality of different printing elements, each printing band being trained about a wheel and the support and at least some of the printing elements being selectively registerable with any one of the supporting stations, the printing elements lying in the same plane irrespective of the supporting station with which they are registered, whereby the print head can print at least two lines of data.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
106 words
A compact print head comprising: a plurality of coaxially mounted wheels, a stationary support having a plurality of supporting stations, a plurality of printing bands, each printing band having a plurality of different printing elements, the printing band having a human readable character adjacent each printing element, each printing band being trained about a wheel and the support and at least some of the printing elements being selectively registerable with any one of the supporting stations, the printing elements lying in the same plane irrespective of the supporting station with which they are registered, whereby the print head can print at least two lines of data.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
106 words
A compact print head comprising: a plurality of coaxially mounted wheels, a stationary support having a plurality of supporting stations, a plurality of printing bands, each printing band having a plurality of different printing elements, the printing band having a human readable character adjacent each printing element, each printing band being trained about a wheel and the support and at least some of the printing elements being selectively registerable with any one of the supporting stations, the printing elements lying in the same plane irrespective of the supporting station with which they are registered, whereby the print head can print at least two lines of data.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
141 words
A compact print head comprising: a plurality of coaxially mounted wheels, a stationary support having a plurality of supporting stations, a plurality of printing bands, each printing band having a plurality of different printing elements, the wheels having a plurality of notches at their outer peripheries, a lug at the underside of each printing element, a notch at each supporting station of the support, the lugs being engageable with the respective wheel and being registerable with the notch of any supporting station, each printing band being trained about a wheel and the support and at least some of the printing elements being selectively registerable with any one of the supporting stations, the printing elements lying in the same plane irrespective of the supporting station with which they are registered, whereby the print head can print at least two lines of data.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
141 words
A compact print head comprising: a plurality of coaxially mounted wheels, a stationary support having a plurality of supporting stations, a plurality of printing bands, each printing band having a plurality of different printing elements, the wheels having a plurality of notches at their outer peripheries, a lug at the underside of each printing element, a notch at each supporting station of the support, the lugs being engageable with the respective wheel and being registerable with the notch of any supporting station, each printing band being trained about a wheel and the support and at least some of the printing elements being selectively registerable with any one of the supporting stations, the printing elements lying in the same plane irrespective of the supporting station with which they are registered, whereby the print head can print at least two lines of data.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
98 words
A compact print head, comprising: a plurality of coaxially mounted wheels, a stationary support having a plurality of supporting stations, a plurality of printing bands, each printing band having a plurality of different printing elements, each printing band having a human readable character adjacent each printing element, the wheels having a plurality of notches at their outer peripheries, a lug at the underside of each band at each human readable character, a notch at each supporting station of the support, the lugs being engageable with the respective wheel and being registerable with the notch of any supporting station.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
98 words
A compact print head, comprising: a plurality of coaxially mounted wheels, a stationary support having a plurality of supporting stations, a plurality of printing bands, each printing band having a plurality of different printing elements, each printing band having a human readable character adjacent each printing element, the wheels having a plurality of notches at their outer peripheries, a lug at the underside of each band at each human readable character, a notch at each supporting station of the support, the lugs being engageable with the respective wheel and being registerable with the notch of any supporting station.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
167 words
A compact print head comprising: a plurality of coaxially mounted wheels, a stationary support having a plurality of supporting stations, a plurality of printing bands, each printing band having a plurality of different printing elements, each printing band having a human readable character adjacent each printing element and a lug at the underside of the band at each human readable character, the wheels having a plurality of notches at their outer peripheries, a lug at the underside of each printing element, a notch at each supporting station of the support, the lugs being engageable with the respective wheel and being registerable with the notch of any supporting station, each printing band being trained about a wheel and the support and at least some of the printing elements being selectively registerable with any one of the supporting stations, the printing elements lying in the same plane irrespective of the supporting station with which they are registered, whereby the print head can print at least two lines of data.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
167 words
A compact print head comprising: a plurality of coaxially mounted wheels, a stationary support having a plurality of supporting stations, a plurality of printing bands, each printing band having a plurality of different printing elements, each printing band having a human readable character adjacent each printing element and a lug at the underside of the band at each human readable character, the wheels having a plurality of notches at their outer peripheries, a lug at the underside of each printing element, a notch at each supporting station of the support, the lugs being engageable with the respective wheel and being registerable with the notch of any supporting station, each printing band being trained about a wheel and the support and at least some of the printing elements being selectively registerable with any one of the supporting stations, the printing elements lying in the same plane irrespective of the supporting station with which they are registered, whereby the print head can print at least two lines of data.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
168 words
A compact print head comprising: a plurality of coaxially mounted wheels, a single manually operable selector for rotating any selected wheel, a stationary support having a plurality of supporting stations, a plurality of printing bands, each printing band having a plurality of different printing elements, a human readable character adjacent each printing element and a lug at the underside of the band at each human readable character and each printing element, the wheels having a plurality of notches at their outer peripheries, a notch at each supporting station of the support, the lugs being engageable with the respective wheel and being registerable with the notch of any supporting station, each printing band being trained about a wheel and the support and at least some of the printing elements being selectively registerable with any one of the supporting stations, the printing elements lying in the same plane irrespective of the supporting station with which they are registered, whereby the print head can print at least two lines of data.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
168 words
A compact print head comprising: a plurality of coaxially mounted wheels, a single manually operable selector for rotating any selected wheel, a stationary support having a plurality of supporting stations, a plurality of printing bands, each printing band having a plurality of different printing elements, a human readable character adjacent each printing element and a lug at the underside of the band at each human readable character and each printing element, the wheels having a plurality of notches at their outer peripheries, a notch at each supporting station of the support, the lugs being engageable with the respective wheel and being registerable with the notch of any supporting station, each printing band being trained about a wheel and the support and at least some of the printing elements being selectively registerable with any one of the supporting stations, the printing elements lying in the same plane irrespective of the supporting station with which they are registered, whereby the print head can print at least two lines of data.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
181 words
A compact print head comprising: a plurality of coaxially mounted wheels, a stationary support having a plurality of supporting stations, a plurality of printing bands, each printing band having a plurality of different printing elements, a human readable character adjacent each printing element and a lug at the underside of the band at each human readable character and each printing element, a single manually operable selector for rotating any selected wheel, wherein the human readable characters have a lesser height than the printing elements, the wheels having a plurality of notches at their outer peripheries, a notch at each supporting station of the support, the lugs being engageable with the respective wheel and being registerable with the notch of any supporting station, each printing band being trained about a wheel and the support and at least some of the printing elements being selectively registerable with any one of the supporting stations, the printing elements lying in the same plane irrespective of the supporting station with which they are registered, whereby the print head can print at least two lines of data.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
181 words
A compact print head comprising: a plurality of coaxially mounted wheels, a stationary support having a plurality of supporting stations, a plurality of printing bands, each printing band having a plurality of different printing elements, a human readable character adjacent each printing element and a lug at the underside of the band at each human readable character and each printing element, a single manually operable selector for rotating any selected wheel, wherein the human readable characters have a lesser height than the printing elements, the wheels having a plurality of notches at their outer peripheries, a notch at each supporting station of the support, the lugs being engageable with the respective wheel and being registerable with the notch of any supporting station, each printing band being trained about a wheel and the support and at least some of the printing elements being selectively registerable with any one of the supporting stations, the printing elements lying in the same plane irrespective of the supporting station with which they are registered, whereby the print head can print at least two lines of data.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
156 words
A compact print head comprising: a plurality of coaxially mounted wheels, a stationary support having a plurality of supporting stations, a plurality of printing bands, each printing band having a plurality of different printing elements, the wheels having a plurality of notches at their outer peripheries, a lug at the underside of each printing element, a notch at each supporting station of the support, the lugs being engageable with the respective wheel and being registerable with the notch of any supporting station, each printing band being trained about a wheel and the support and at least some of the printing elements being selectively registerable with any one of the supporting stations, the printing elements lying in the same plane irrespective of the supporting station with which they are registered, whereby the print head can print at least two lines of data, wherein some of the printing elements are registerable simultaneously with more than one supporting station.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
156 words
A compact print head comprising: a plurality of coaxially mounted wheels, a stationary support having a plurality of supporting stations, a plurality of printing bands, each printing band having a plurality of different printing elements, the wheels having a plurality of notches at their outer peripheries, a lug at the underside of each printing element, a notch at each supporting station of the support, the lugs being engageable with the respective wheel and being registerable with the notch of any supporting station, each printing band being trained about a wheel and the support and at least some of the printing elements being selectively registerable with any one of the supporting stations, the printing elements lying in the same plane irrespective of the supporting station with which they are registered, whereby the print head can print at least two lines of data, wherein some of the printing elements are registerable simultaneously with more than one supporting station.
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