Printer control assembly
AssigneesShinshu Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kabushiki Kaisha Suwa Seikosha
InventorYuhei Oguchi
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Abstract
A printer for an electric cash register or the like which performs at least two print related functions. The printer includes a printing head adapted for lateral displacement across a printing paper for effecting printing on the paper. The printer also includes a drive mechanism for effecting the lateral displacement of the printing head and a paper feeding mechanism for advancing the printing paper. The printer may also include a stamping mechanism, an automatic receipt paper cutting mechanism and a journal paper winding mechanism. Each of these mechanisms includes a control lever for actuating the operation thereof. A displaceable selecting lever is arranged and constructed to selectively operate each of the control levers. A single electromagnet controls the operation of the selecting lever.
Claims33
A printer adapted for printing on a recording medium comprising frame means, printing means slidably mounted on said frame means for reciprocal displacement across said recording medium and drive means mounted on said frame means for laterally displacing said printing means across said recording means, first lever means supported by said frame means for controlling the actuation of said drive means, said first lever means being normally engaged with said drive means to enable said drive means to displace said printing means, paper feeding means for advancing said recording medium past said printing means, second lever means supported by said frame means for controlling the actuation of said paper feeding means, said second lever means being normally engaged with said paper feeding means so that said paper feeding means is not actuated, selecting means supported by said frame means so as to be operatively coupleable with said first and second lever means, displacement means driven by said drive means for selectively transversely displacing said selecting means along a path with respect to said first and second lever means, and a single electromagnet for selectively pivoting said selecting means with respect to said first and second lever means at positions along the path of transverse displacement of said selecting means to operably couple said selecting means to said first and second lever means for selective actuation of said drive means and said printing means.
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