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EP 0112273 B1 19851227 - NEEDLE PRINTING HEAD FOR A MATRIX PRINTER

Title (en)

NEEDLE PRINTING HEAD FOR A MATRIX PRINTER

Publication

EP 0112273 B1 19851227 (DE)

Application

EP 83730081 A 19830830

Priority

DE 3243475 A 19821122

Abstract (en)

[origin: US4541745A] The coil carrier for a print head is constructed from nested sheet metal bodies with upwardly bent legs, being aligned in pairs and held together by a common sleeve having an end face which has a singular relationship to a common end face of all the arms. The several armatures pivot on edges of respective one of the legs of each pair and are held by retraction springs against the common end face.

IPC 1-7

B41J 3/10

IPC 8 full level

B41J 2/275 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

B41J 2/275 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

CH DE FR GB IT LI NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0112273 A1 19840627; EP 0112273 B1 19851227; DE 3243475 A1 19840524; DE 3243475 C2 19870226; DE 3361634 D1 19860206; US 4541745 A 19850917

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 83730081 A 19830830; DE 3243475 A 19821122; DE 3361634 T 19830830; US 55382783 A 19831121