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US 3,946,406 AGranted
Recorder
AssigneeKabushikikaisha Yokogawa Denki Seisakusho
InventorsShigetaka Miura, Masashi Oikawa
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Abstract
A recorder comprising a flat bed disposed toward the upper portion of a recorder case and equipped with a built-in chart feed wheel, and a chart storage area located below the flat bed and within the recorder case. The flat bed is made movable in the chart feed direction and, as the flat bed is moved the feed wheel is moved therewith and an opening is formed in the recorder case to allow the storage area to be exposed and the chart material stored therein to be readily accessible.
Claims9
A recorder comprising:
- a flat bed disposed on top of a case holding a chart thereon and movable in the direction of said chart being transmitted and also in the contrary direction thereof;
- a cylindrical support member fixed at one end of said flat bed and located within said case;
- a chart feed wheel supported at two ends of a rotating shaft extended in said cylindrical support member in its axial direction;
- a chart storage part disposed in a recess in the case, yet readily accessible through an opening formed on the case as said flat bed is moved;
- and a chart arranged in said chart storage part to be sent out gradually by said chart feed wheel over the flat bed by way of said cylindrical support member.
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In a recorder comprising a case;
- a horizontally positioned flat bed disposed on top of said case for holding a chart horizontally movable thereon;
- storing means located below said flat bed and within said case for storing blank charts;
- writing means disposed to be contactable with said chart to mark said chart;
- the combination comprising
- A. feed means attached to said flat bed toward one end thereof for continuously feeding said blank charts from a position in said storing means to the top surface of said flat bed and extending from said one end to the other end of said flat bed;
- B. drive means attached to said case and engageable with said feed means for driving said feed means thereby to cause said feed means to feed and move said chart to and on said top surface of said flat bed;
- C. means for enabling manual movement of said flat bed in a direction parallel to the flat top surface thereof, whereby when said flat bed is moved together with said feed means and is in an open position, said storing means is exposed to permit ready access to said blank charts, said feed means being disengaged from said drive means in said open position;
- and when said flat bed is in an operative position, said feed means and said drive means are engaged with each other and said chart is fed to and movable on said top surface and said writing means is in contact with said chart;
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- D. lock means attached to said flat bed for holding said flat bed in said operative position, and upon operation of said lock means to an unlock position, said flat bed being movable together with said feed means to said open position, said blank charts being held in said storing means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.