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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:
Mar. 20, 1984
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Elliot N Tompkins, San Antonio, TX (US);
Sherman S Kline, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
Datapoint Corporation, San Antonio, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271290 ; 271176 ; 271298 ; 250561 ; 209534 ; 194 / ; 414274 ;
Abstract
A scanning mechanism is provided for scanning individual output bins for receiving documents from a paper printer. The mechanism determines each bin's availability for receiving documents, the degree of fullness and whether or not a lock box is positioned in the bin for receiving designated documents.