METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRIVING AND CONTROLLING AN IMPROVED SOLENOID IMPACT IMPRINTER - Patent 0452358

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EP 0 452 358 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	23.10.1991 Bulletin 1991/43

(21)	Application number: 90901174.0

(22)	Date of filing: 15.11.1989

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

B41F 17/ 14^{( . )}
B41J 3/ 38^{( . )}
B44B 5/ 00^{( . )}

B41F 19/ 02^{( . )}
B41K 3/ 36^{( . )}
H01H 47/ 32^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1989/005181

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1990/006237 (14.06.1990 Gazette 1990/14)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB

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Priority:

23.11.1988 US 19880276235

(71)	Applicant: DATACARD CORPORATION
	Minneapolis, MN 55343 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	HOWES, Ronald, B., Jr. Minneapolis, MN 55419 (US) EMMONS, Thomas, R. Minneapolis, MN 55410 (US) WARWICK, Dennis, J. Richfield, MN 55423 (US)

(74)	Representative: Gutmann, Ernest
	Ernest Gutmann - Yves Plasseraud S.A. 3, rue Chauveau-Lagarde F-75008 Paris F-75008 Paris (FR)

(54)	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRIVING AND CONTROLLING AN IMPROVED SOLENOID IMPACT IMPRINTER