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(11) EP 0 593 293 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
08.03.1995 Bulletin 1995/10

(43) Date of publication A2:
20.04.1994 Bulletin 1994/16

(21) Application number: 93308194.5

(22) Date of filing: 14.10.1993
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: B41J 2/23, B41J 11/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE GB

(30) Priority: 14.10.1992 JP 276037/92
17.05.1993 JP 114918/93

(71) Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken 467 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Sakaida, Atsuo
    Gifu-shi, Gifu-ken 500 (JP)
  • Chikaoka, Yasuji
    Ama-gun, Aichi 497 (JP)
  • Imoto, Yasuo
    Nagoya, Aichi 455 (JP)
  • Ninomiya, Akira
    Nagoya, Aichi 458 (JP)
  • Yamada, Noriyuki, U-House Tsushima 4A
    Tsushima-shi, Aichi 496 (JP)

(74) Representative: Senior, Alan Murray 
J.A. KEMP & CO., 14 South Square, Gray's Inn
London WC1R 5LX
London WC1R 5LX (GB)


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    (54) Serial impact printer


    (57) A serial impact printer (1) having a movable print head (2) with a plurality of print wires (25a,25b,25c) and a platen (6) arranged oppositely to the print head (2), the platen (6) supporting a print medium (P) thereon and moving synchronously with the print head (2), the serial impact printer comprising: a plurality of projections (21a,21b,21c) formed on a projecting member (21) which is mounted on the platen (6), each of the projections having a top surface and being opposed to each of the print wires (25a,25b,25c), and a spacer (23) with an upper surface arranged near the projections, the spacer (23) being more deformable than the projections against impact power yielded by the print wires, and wherein printing is conducted on the print medium (P) while the print medium (P) is retained between the projection (21b) and the print wire (25b) impacted toward the projection (21b).






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