Side wiper for high speed cable printer
AssigneeSouthwire Company
InventorsCharles E. Dixon, Geoffrey S. Honeybun
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Abstract
A wiper for use in a high speed cable printer having a rotatably mounted high speed printing wheel includes a wiper blade holder and at least one wiper blade detachably mounted in the holder for wiping at least one of the side surfaces of the printing wheel.
Claims19
A wiper for use in a high speed cable printer having a housing, a printing wheel rotatably mounted on said housing, said printing wheel having a printing face and two side surfaces, means for supplying ink to said printing wheel, and means rotating said printing wheel to imprint a wire passing thereagainst, comprising:
- a wiper blade holder mounted on said housing, said wiper blade holder comprising a body portion;
- means detachably mounted on said wiper blade holder for wiping at least one of the side surfaces of said printing wheel;
- and
- means provided on said wiper blade holder for biasing said means for wiping at least one of the side surfaces of said printing wheel toward said at least one of the side surfaces of said printing wheel;
- wherein the body portion of said wiper blade holder has opposed side surfaces and said means for biasing said side surface wiping means comprises a leaf spring connected to one of said opposed side surfaces of the body portion of the wiper blade holder.
A wiper for use in a high speed cable printer having a housing, a printing wheel rotatably mounted on said housing, said printing wheel having a printing face and two side surfaces, means for supplying ink to said printing wheel, and means rotating said printing wheel to imprint a wire passing thereagainst, comprising:
- a wiper blade holder mounted on said housing;
- and
- means detachably mounted on said wiper blade holder for wiping both of the side surfaces of said printing wheel;
- wherein said wiper blade holder comprises a body portion and a pair of arms extending longitudinally from said body portion, each of said arms having a recess formed therein, said means for wiping both of the side surfaces of the printing wheel comprising a pair of side wiper blades, one of each of said wiper blades being slidably received in one of each of said recesses formed in the arms of the wiper blade holder;
- wherein each of said recesses are formed as a step having a lower level and an upper level, said wiper further comprising a face wiper blade for wiping the circumferential surface of the printing wheel, said face wiper blade being received in the upper level of said step and each of said side wiper blades being slidably received in the lower level of each said step.
A printing wheel wiper for a printing wheel comprising a body portion having a pair of arms extending in spaced parallel relation therefrom, at least one of said arms having means for slidably receiving side wiper blade for wiping a side surface of the printing wheel and means resiliently biasing said side wiper blade toward the side surface of the printing wheel, wherein said biasing means comprises a leaf spring mounted on the outer surface of each arm in biasing engagement with said side wiper blade.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.