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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2021
Hart Intercivic, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
James M. Canter, Austin, TX (US);
Viktor Partyshev, Round Rock, TX (US);
Hart InterCivic, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of systems and methods are disclosed herein to transfer a printed election sheet from a printer to a scanner, which is separate and distinct from the printer, without human intervention. More specifically, the present disclosure provides a retrofit automatic document feeder (ADF), which may be 'retrofit' or adaptively coupled between a printer and a scanner for automatically transferring a printed election sheet output from the printer to the scanner, where it is scanned to generate a scanned image of the printed election sheet. Unlike conventional ADFs incorporated within printers, scanners and multi-function printers, the retrofit ADF disclosed herein is coupled to receive a printed election sheet output from an output port of the printer, advance the printed election sheet away from the output port of printer and automatically transfer the printed election sheet to an input port of the scanner.