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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 1977
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dennis Gene Busch, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
197176 ; 197 19 ;
Abstract
A system for resetting or repositioning one set tab and causing following tabs to be repositioned. The apparatus is primarily made up of an electronic tab rack for storing the location of set tabs, input means for defining a new location for one of the set tabs, and logic means for repositioning the one tab to the new location in the tab rack and causing all following tabs to be repositioned in the tab rack. The system of this invention also has a memory for storing text and tab codes, an output device for displaying text, and control means for controlling the display of text relative to the repositioned tabs.