Patents Assigned to Alps Patent Department
  • Serial printer having a single drive motor
    Patent number: 4352576
    Abstract: A printer having clutches for selectively transmitting the driving power from a single motor to a rotary shaft for rotating the type wheels and to a hammer drive shaft for driving a hammer is described. The clutches are under the control of a single controlling member so that the typing operation can be accomplished by the power furnished by a single motor having a shaft which need rotate continuously in one direction only.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1982
    Assignee: Alps Patent Department
    Inventors: Fumihisa Hori, Tadao Tamukai, Mikio Miyajima