US4392423A
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Printing hammer driving apparatus
Assignee: Koki Holdings Co Ltd
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Filing: 1980-05-27
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Granted: 1983-07-12
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Expires: 2000-05-27
Abstract
Abstract A printing hammer driving apparatus for high-speed printers comprises a lever member acting as a hammer operating part, an armature forming a part of a magnetic circuit, and an electromagnet forming, together with the armature, the magnetic circuit. The lever member has a rotational supporting point at the base end thereof and is made of a light-weight non-magnetic material. The armature is projected in one of the rotational directions of the lever member from the intermediate part of the lever member. The electromagnet has at least one core and an exciting coil wound on the core. A core has a magnetic pole face perpendicular to the direction of attraction of the armature and a magnetic pole face parallel to the direction of attraction of the armature. The magnetic pole face perpendicular to the direction of armature attraction is opposed with a gap to the forward end face of the armature, and the magnetic pole face parallel to the direction of armature attraction is opposed with a gap to the surface of the armatures parallel to the direction of attraction thereof.
Inventors
- 👤 Isao Nakajima
- 👤 Koji Tagusari
- 👤 Kenji Okuna
- 👤 Toru Hayama
- 👤 Kazue Takahashi
- 👤 Michihiro Watanabe
- 👤 Sumihisa Kotani
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 14:22
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41J; B41J9/00; B41J9/26; B41J9/38
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
201 words
A printing hammer driving apparatus capable of high speed printing, comprising: a lever member made of a light-weight non-magnetic material, said lever member having a base end used as a rotational supporting point and another end thereof used as a push rod operating part to drive a printing hammer, an armature mounted to project from an intermediate part of said lever member in a direction of rotation of said lever member about said supporting point, and an electromagnet including at least a core and an exciting coil wound on said core, said core of said electromagnet having at least two magnetic pole faces which are opposed to said armature with gaps therebetween, wherein for a given ratio of a distance (L) from the rotational supporting point of said lever member to said armature to a distance (r 2 ) from said rotational supporting point to a contact point at which said lever member acts as the push rod operating part, said armature is mounted on said lever member having the distance r 2 to said operating part at a position corresponding to said distance (L) so that the equivalent mass of said lever member with said armature mounted thereto is minimized.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
201 words
A printing hammer driving apparatus capable of high speed printing, comprising: a lever member made of a light-weight non-magnetic material, said lever member having a base end used as a rotational supporting point and another end thereof used as a push rod operating part to drive a printing hammer, an armature mounted to project from an intermediate part of said lever member in a direction of rotation of said lever member about said supporting point, and an electromagnet including at least a core and an exciting coil wound on said core, said core of said electromagnet having at least two magnetic pole faces which are opposed to said armature with gaps therebetween, wherein for a given ratio of a distance (L) from the rotational supporting point of said lever member to said armature to a distance (r 2 ) from said rotational supporting point to a contact point at which said lever member acts as the push rod operating part, said armature is mounted on said lever member having the distance r 2 to said operating part at a position corresponding to said distance (L) so that the equivalent mass of said lever member with said armature mounted thereto is minimized.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
191 words
A printing hammer driving apparatus capable of high speed printing, comprising: a lever member made of a light-weight non-magnetic material, said lever member having a base end used as a rotational supporting point and another end thereof used as a push rod operating part to drive a printing hammer; an armature mounted to project from an intermediate part of said lever member in a direction of rotation of said lever member about said supporting point; an electromagnet including at least a core and an exciting coil wound on said core, said core of said electromagnet having at least two magnetic pole faces which are opposed to said armature with gaps therebetween; and means mounting said armature on said lever at a position for producing a minimum value of the equivalent mass of said lever member with said armature mounted thereto for a resulting ratio of a distance (L) from the rotational supporting point of said lever member to said armature to a distance (r 2 ) from said rotational supporting point of said lever member to a contact point at which said lever member acts as the push rod operating part.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
191 words
A printing hammer driving apparatus capable of high speed printing, comprising: a lever member made of a light-weight non-magnetic material, said lever member having a base end used as a rotational supporting point and another end thereof used as a push rod operating part to drive a printing hammer; an armature mounted to project from an intermediate part of said lever member in a direction of rotation of said lever member about said supporting point; an electromagnet including at least a core and an exciting coil wound on said core, said core of said electromagnet having at least two magnetic pole faces which are opposed to said armature with gaps therebetween; and means mounting said armature on said lever at a position for producing a minimum value of the equivalent mass of said lever member with said armature mounted thereto for a resulting ratio of a distance (L) from the rotational supporting point of said lever member to said armature to a distance (r 2 ) from said rotational supporting point of said lever member to a contact point at which said lever member acts as the push rod operating part.
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