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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:
Aug. 07, 1979
Filed:
Oct. 19, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
James H Hubbard, Boulder, CO (US);
Wallace L Hubert, Broomfield, CO (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235 / ; 235 / ; 235 / ; 355 14 ;
Abstract
Copy production machine capable of having copies from plural independent copy runs in a copy sheet transport path at a given instant. Copy jam recovery is enhanced by maintaining separate counts of all individual images having copies simultaneously present in the copy sheet path. Apparatus and procedures are described for utilizing the counts for precisely recovering loss of copy sheets due to a jam or other stoppage condition. Control of a billing meter is also disclosed.