Patents Examined by David A. Wicking
  • Patent number: 5603577
    Abstract: An ink-supplied wire dot matrix printer head for actuating wires with ink attached to tip ends thereof into contact with a sheet of print paper to transfer ink to the sheet, thereby forming ink dots thereon. The ink-supplied wire dot matrix printer head includes a wire guide member having a wire guide hole for guiding the tip end of the wire, and an ink tank containing an ink absorbing body therein and having an ink supply port in which a portion of the wire guide member is inserted. The wire guide member has a capillary ink path communicating with a side of the wire and supplied with ink from the ink absorbing body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1997
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Suzuki, Masanao Matsuzawa, Yoshinori Miyazawa