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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:
May. 30, 1978
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph P Ku, Foster City, CA (US);
Fereidoon Matin, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);
Richard D Trezise, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400124 ; 400225 ; 226 45 ;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a supply of printing material, a drive assembly coupled to the printing material and capable when enabled of advancing the material along a predetermined path past a printing station, and a detection device for detecting when the printing material fails to be advanced by at least a first predetermined amount when the drive assembly has been enabled to advance the material by at least a second predetermined amount.