Abstract: An inking device for record media includes a self-contained ink reservoir bordered by a holder portion as one wall of the reservoir, and a backing plate as another wall adjacent a porous rubber electro pad. The backing plate includes a plurality of chamfered apertures therethrough which are circumscribed by a like number of slotted tubes which tubes separate the backing plate and the holder portion. A steel ball is positioned within each tube and controls the flow of ink from the ink reservoir to the electro pad by reason of swinging movement of the device wherein the ball is unseated from the chamfered aperture in the downward direction of movement upon the electro pad striking the record media to permit flow of ink to the pad, and the ball is reseated on the aperture during return movement of the device to stop the flow of ink to the pad. A low hydraulic pressure occurs during the striking action to unseat the ball and a suction occurs on the return movement to reseat the ball.

Abstract: A cut-off mechanism for severing a record member in a data terminal device is disclosed which includes a cutting wheel mounted on a pivoted support arm member which is so mounted that when rocked about its pivot by an actuating member such arm member moves the cutting wheel in a rectilinear plane along a guide member to cut across the record member. The support arm member is pivoted on a stud positioned within an arm member slot which allows the arm member to move in a vertical direction as the cutting wheel traverses the record member. Provisions are made to change the position of the pivot point of the arm member and the actuating member to vary the length of the cutting stroke of the cutting wheel allowing for partial cuts of the record member to be made.