Abstract: A magnetic actuator apparatus which transfers a magnetic force produced by a solenoid to a movable arm. The arm is movable between an engaged position spaced away from the solenoid and a solenoid position abutting the solenoid. The arm has a bore formed therein opposite the solenoid. A magnetic member is slidingly received in the bore. The magnetic member is spaced away from the solenoid a distance less than the arm when the arm is in the engaged position and abuts the solenoid when the arm is in the solenoid position. A head is connected to the magnetic member on the side of the arm opposite the solenoid to prevent the magnetic member from passing through the bore. The head transfers the force applied to the magnetic member to the arm when the solenoid is energized. The arm and the magnetic member move in unison until the magnetic member abuts the solenoid at which point the arm moves relative to the magnetic member until the arm reaches the solenoid position.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a drive element of typewriters or similar office machines where the movement of the platen is derived from the movement of the carriage. In the past numerous drive elements have been required in devices of this type, which required a considerable assembly effort and bearing effort. In contrast hereto the drive element proposed is formed in one piece as a one-armed lever which is rotatably disposed coaxially with the platen and with the line space wheel disposed thereon and which has at least one ratchet which is in operative contact with the line space wheel. A displacement element disposed on the carriage of the machine comes into operative contact with the one-armed lever within a set movement range of the carriage and pivots it, so that the turning of the platen takes place by means of the ratchet.

Abstract: In a governor device for a printer including a driving wheel rotating for a predetermined amount by means of urging force by a urging spring to feed paper and engaging with a stopper to stop at this position and a governor gear train consisting of a speed-up gear engaged with the driving wheel and a fly wheel to perform the governing action. The governor device for a printer further includes a wind-up gear engaging with the driving wheel and a friction slip device attached to the fly wheel in the governor gear train to absorb the bounce when the driving wheel stops.

Abstract: The dot printer, which is of small dimensions, is used with desk top computers or as a peripheral unit with small processors. The printer writes in the serial-parallel mode by means of a thermal head (26) on a paper tape (16) wound on a writing platen (10) which advances intermittently to effect line spacing. This advancing is effected by means of a pawl (56) on a beam (50) controlled by a face cam (46) and a radial cam (48) on a cam cylinder (44) driven by a motor (45). A third cam (42) reciprocates the head (26) and, at the reversals of the head, the face cam (46) allows a spring (45) to engage the pawl (56) with a toothed wheel (62) on the platen (10) and the radial cam (48) then moves the pawl to advance the platen. The head comprises a small plate (29) of insulating material with twenty point-like resistive writing elements, and is fixed to a support (24 ) which is moved parallel to the cylinder by means of the third (42).

Abstract: A printer having a movable print head for printing on a first record medium fed by one feed mechanism also contains a second feed mechanism capable of performing line-by-line feeding of a separate record medium across the print head independently of the main drive and is capable of performing single line or multi-line printing on the separate record medium.