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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 1977
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1975
Martin O Halfhill, San Jose, CA (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
In a computer peripheral device having a controllable element and control means coupled to the controllable element and operative in response to a power supply voltage of a predetermined level for controlling the controllable element, an improved power supply means coupled to the control means for supplying said power supply voltage to the control means. The improved power supply means comprises a motor capable of being driven at a predetermined rate of speed, means coupled to the motor and responsive to the motor being driven at the predetermined rate of speed for generating the power supply voltage, and means coupled to the means for generating for supplying the power supply voltage to the control means.