F-Term-List

B41J19/00-19/98

CA00
OBJECTIVES

CA01

CA02

CA03

CA04

CA05

CA06

CA07

CA08

CA09

CA10

. Pitch and spacing between characters

. Pitch and spacing between lines (i.e., including number of line feeds)

. Variable pitch and spacing (i.e., including number of line feeds)

. . Proportional pitch and spacing

. . Line alignment, left end alignment, and uniform distribution

. . Printing of multiple character types

. . Pitch modifications in accordance with printing heads

. Dot density modifications

. Carriage position control

. Carriage stop position control

CA11

CA12

CA13

CA14

CA15

CA16

CA17

CA18

CA19

CA20

. Carriage speed control

. Home position determination

. Carriages fed at an angle

. Paper feed that takes advantage of the movement of the carriage return

. Paper feed with the carriage performing special movements

. Two-way printing (i.e., bidirectional printing)

. . Correction of errors in two-way printing

. . Two-way shortest distance printing

. . . Determination of the printing direction of the next line during printing

. . Switchover between one-way and two-way printing

CA21

CA22

CA23

CA24

CA25

CA26

CA27

CA28

CA29

CA30

. Backlash prevention (i.e., excluding two-way printing)

. Highlighted and bold printing

. Half-size character printing

. Incremental and sequential printing

. Flying printing

. Printing in the interval for carriage speed adjustment

. Printing when the carriage is stopped

. Deletion of characters

. Visual control

. Detection

CA31

CA32

CA33

CA34

CA35

CA36

CA37

CA38

CA39

CA40

. . Detection of the carriage position

. . Detection of the carriage feed quantity

. . Detection of the carriage speed

. . Detection of the carriage feed

. . Detection of the home position

. . Detection of the printing position

. . . Detection of the printing start position

. . . Detection of the margin position

. . . Detection of the printing end position

. . Detection of the paper position

CA41

CA42

CA43

CA44

CA45

CA46

CA47

CA48

CA49

CA50

. . Detection of the paper feed position

. . Detection of the paper feeding speed

. . Detection of the motor speed

. . Detection of the amount of motor shifting

. . Detection of temperature and humidity

. . Detection of errors

. Improvement of detection precision

. Noise reduction and noise prevention

. Vibration control

. . Controls having counterweights

CA51

CA52

CA53

CA54

CA55

CA56

CA57

. Dust prevention

. Lubrication

. Functioning during abnormalities

. . Turning off of motors and electric power during abnormalities

. Variants having multiple heads

. Variants using multiple printing media (e.g., papers)

. Shuttle types

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COMPOSITIONS

CB01

CB02

CB03

CB04

CB05

CB06

CB07

CB08

CB09

CB10

. Variants having electromagnetic driving sources

. . Motors

. . . Pulse motors

. . . Linear motors

. . . Ultrasonic motors

. . Plungers

. . Variants having a common driving source

. . . Carriage drive and paper feed drive

. . . Carriage drive and ribbon feed drive

. Power transmission mechanisms

CB11

CB12

CB13

CB14

CB15

CB16

CB17

CB18

CB19

CB20

. . Gear mechanisms

. . . Planetary gears

. . . Intermittent gears

. . . Mechanisms whereby engagement of the gears can be intermittent

. . . Mechanisms whereby the driving gears and trailing gears are energized and engaged

. . Clutch mechanisms

. . . Unidirectional rotating clutches

. . . One-rotation clutches

. . Cams

. Electromagnetic damping devices

CB21

CB22

CB23

CB24

CB25

CB26

CB27

CB28

CB29

CB30

. Mechanical damping devices

. Detent mechanisms

. . Mechanisms that can be released

. . Electromagnetic mechanisms

. Barrier mechanisms

. Elastic elements

. . Coil springs

. . Plate springs

. . Rubber

. Sensors (i.e., detectors)

CB31

CB32

CB33

CB34

CB35

CB36

CB37

CB38

CB39

CB40

. . Photosensors

. . . Variants using shielding elements

. . Magnetic sensor

. . Encoders

. . . Linear encoders

. . Magnetic scales

. . Potentiometers

. . Switches

. . Variants whereby detected objects are equipped with multiple identical sensors

. . Installation of sensors

CB41

CB42

CB43

CB44

CB45

. . . Variants with variable positions for sensor installation

. Counters

. . Programmable counters

. . Measured objects

. Variants whereby materials other than carriage heads are recorded

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CARRIAGE FEED MECHANISMS

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DA02

DA03

DA04

DA05

DA06

DA07

DA08

DA09

DA10

. Belt driving mechanisms

. . Belt manufacturing methods

. . Belt materials

. . Belt shapes

. Wire driving mechanisms

. . Wire manufacturing methods

. . Wire materials

. Ways of stretching filament bodies

. . Variants whereby a belt is twisted

. . Three or more pulleys

DA11

DA12

DA13

DA14

DA15

DA16

DA17

DA18

DA19

DA20

. . Filament bodies provided with an angle

. . Variants whereby pulleys are arranged at an angle

. Means for providing tension to filament bodies

. Means for regulating the tension of filament bodies

. Installation structures for filament bodies

. . Installation on the pulleys and drums of filament bodies

. . Installation on the frames of filament bodies

. . Installation on the carriages of filament bodies

. . . Variants whereby installation materials are on carriages

. . Variants whereby installation elementss are on filament bodies

DA21

DA22

DA23

DA24

DA25

DA26

DA27

DA28

DA29

DA30

. . Variants using adhesion

. . Variants based on screws

. . Variants that push

. . Variants that are engaged with the teeth of a belt

. Screw shaft mechanisms

. . Mechanisms formed from multiple grooves

. . . Mechanisms whereby the depth of each groove varies

. Screw-feeding mechanisms

. . Screw and rack mechanisms

. Rack and pinion mechanisms

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CARRIAGE GUIDE MECHANISMS

DB01

DB02

DB03

DB04

DB05

DB06

DB07

DB08

DB09

DB10

. Carriage guiding means

. . Means using guide shafts engaged in carriages

. . Means using on guide shafts not inserted in carriages

. . Means using grooves

. . Others

. Carriage guiding means manufacturing methods

. Carriage guiding means materials

. Means of attaching guiding means to carriages

. . Bearings

. . Rollers

DB11

DB12

DB13

DB14

DB15

DB16

DB17

. Installation of carriage guiding means to frames

. . Affixing to frames

. . Movable means with regard to frames

. . Means using springs

. . Means installed with screws

. . Means installed by penetrating the frame

. Means for regulating parallelism

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MOTOR CONTROL

EA01

EA02

EA03

EA04

EA05

EA06

EA07

EA08

EA09

EA10

. Speed control

. . Fixed speed control

. . . Multiple fixed speeds

. . . . Intermediate speeds during speed change transitions

. . Acceleration control

. . Deceleration control

. Position control

. Stop position control

. Prevention of motor vibration

. Prevention of undershooting and overshooting

EA11

EA12

EA13

EA14

EA15

EA16

EA17

EA18

EA19

EA20

. Handling fluctuations in the power source voltage and the electric current

. Handling variations in speed

. Handling print density

. Handling shifting distances

. . Rapid traverse when there are spaces in succession

. Handling printed character selection distances or times

. Handling loads

. Handling sagging in filament bodies

. Controls for improving response speed

. Varying controls during activation

EA21

EA22

EA23

EA24

EA25

EA26

EA27

EA28

EA29

EA30

. Motor control methods

. . Feedback control

. . . Variants that alter gain

. . Digital control

. . Open-loop control

. . Variants that remember speed curves

. . Control by means of input current voltage or power

. . Control of turning on and off

. . Pulse motor control

. . . Control of switching exitation as a function of conditions

EA31

EA32

. . . Retention of a specific excitation phase during stoppage

. . . Control by storing specific excitation phases in memory

EB00
CARRIAGE FEED AND POSITION CONTROL

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EB02

EB03

EB04

EB05

EB06

EB07

EB08

EB09

EB10

. Carriage position control

. . Forced stopping of carriages using stoppers

. . Carriage position management using counters

. Carriage home position control

. . Home position determination methods

. . . Determination at the time of power source input or start of printing

. . . Setting carriage speed at the time the home position is determined

. . . Home positions at a fixed distance from a specified position

. . Home positions under specified conditions

. One carriage return at the time of activation

EB11

EB12

EB13

EB14

EB15

. Centering the carriage under specified conditions

. Carriage return at a higher speed than when printing

. Rapid traverse of the carriage when there are spaces in succession

. Carriage stop position control

. . Consideration of inertia

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PRINTING CONTROL

EC01

EC02

EC03

EC04

EC05

EC06

EC07

EC08

EC09

EC10

. Printing timing signal control

. . Formation of printing timing signals

. . . Generation based on counters

. . . Generation based on sensor output

. . Variants that alter printing timing

. . . Variants that alter printing timing in accordance with speed

. . . Variants that cause printing timing signals to be delayed

. . Variants that emit a printing timing signal after vibration convergence

. . Variants that emit a printing timing signal after the completion of printed character selection

. Printing position compensation

EC11

EC12

EC13

EC14

EC15

EC16

EC17

. . Compensation and alteration methods

. . . Carriage positions shifted in advance for error compensation

. . . Compensation and alteration by shifting data in memory

. . . Compensation by management using carriage position counters

. . Variants that can alter compensation values

. . . Alteration of compensation values in accordance with carriage speed

. . . Alteration of compensation values in accordance with temperature

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VARIABLE PITCH CONTROL (E.G., BETWEEN CHARACTERS AND LINES)

ED01

ED02

ED03

ED04

ED05

ED06

ED07

ED08

ED09

ED10

. Control whereby the basic pitch can be altered using multiplication of a number other that a whole number

. . Variants that erase accumulated errors

. Control whereby the pitch is automatically set

. . Variants whereby the pitch is set from the remaining number of lines and the data yet to be printed

. Manual input of pitches

. Determination of the feasibility of printing at a set pitch

. Pitch alteration means

. . Pitches altered electrically

. . Pitches altered by means of sensors

. . Pitches altered mechanically

2C480	Character spaces and line spaces in printers
	B41J19/00 -19/98