Claims
- 1. In a typewriter having a platen pivotally supported on a typewriter frame and a feed roller device for pressing a paper to the platen, said feed roller device comprising:
- a pair of feed roller assemblies arranged in parallel to an axial direction of said platen, and
- a working rod pivotally supported in parallel to the platen on the typewriter frame, having a round surface and a flat surface causing the feed roller assemblies to approach and recede from the platen,
- each of the feed roller assemblies including:
- a first feed roller row having a plurality of feed rollers arranged on a first rotary shaft,
- a second feed roller row having a plurality of feed rollers arranged on a second rotary shaft in parallel to said first rotary shaft,
- arms pivotally supporting opposite ends of the first and second rotary shafts, each of said arms having an opening longitudinally extending toward said platen, said working rod extending through said opening and contacting an inner surface of said opening
- a connecting rod arranged in parallel to the first and second rotary shafts, ends of said connectings rod being connected to said arms, and
- a rocking lever rockingly supported on the typewriter frame, one end of each of which being pivotally supported on said connecting rod at the central portion in the axial direction of each of the feed roller assemblies, the other end of which being connected to a single resilient member for urging each of said said feed roller assemblies toward the platen, said rocking lever being provided for each of the feed roller assemblies and having a surface abutting said flat surface of said working rod,
- whereby when said working rod is rotated in such direction that said rocking lever is rocked against a resilient force of the resilient member, said arms are displaced such direction that said feed roller assemblies recede from the platen, and when said working rod is rotated in such direction that said working rod is rocked by means of said resilient force, said arms are displaced in such direction that said feed assemblies approach the platen.
- 2. A feed roller device of a typewriter as set forth in claim 1, wherein each of said openings is an oblong hole whose diameter in a lateral direction which is transverse to the longitudinal direction of said opening corresponds to the diameter of said round shape of said working rods so that no movement of the arms in the lateral direction of the oblong hole is effected with displacement of the arms in a longitudinal direction of the oblong hole while said oblong hole is in contact with the round surface of said working rod.
- 3. A feed roller device of a typewriter as set forth in claim 1, wherein said rocking lever is provided thereon with a plurality of engageable portions and said resilient member is engageable with one of said plurality of engageable portions of said rocking levers.
- 4. A feed roller device of a typewriter as set forth in claim 1, wherein said typewriter frame comprises two side frames for rotatably supporting said working rod and wherein said two side frames, each of said arms and each of said rocking levers, all of which are included in a typewriter, can be manufactured in the same dies, respectively, by press work.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 523,754, filed Aug. 16, 1983, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 287,625 filed July 28, 1981, now abandoned.
US Referenced Citations (4)
Non-Patent Literature Citations (3)
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"Frame for Paper Feed Rolls"; R. H. Marowski et al; IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 14, No. 3; 8/1971; p. 905. |
"Paper-Handling Apparatus for Typewriter & Printers"; R. J. Jenney et al; IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 20, No. 12; 5/1978; p. 5221. |
"Paper Feed Mechanism"; E. R. Lloyd et al; IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin; vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 678-679; Jul. 1980. |
Continuations (2)
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