Abstract: A source of electric current has a first terminal connected to one end of each of a plurality of phase windings of a stepping motor whose other ends are connected via controllably operable switches to a second terminal of the current source, the switchesare energized in particular sequence and with controllably variable duty cycle signals wherein the duty cycle of the signals controls the power, speed and rotation of the motor.
Abstract: A printer has a horizontal platen for supporting paper and a print head which moves horizontally opposite thereto during indexing operations and is driven toward the platen for character printing. The print head is mounted on a carriage bearing block acting as a linear bearing and having a passageway of complex cross-section resulting from the superimposition of a square and a circle. A controllably rotatable carriage shaft passes through the passageway of the block.