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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:
Oct. 16, 1984
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Louis A Bustamante, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355 / ; 355 / ; 355 / ; 355 / ;
Abstract
Photoconductor panels are automatically replaced in an electrophotographic copier or printer after it is determined that the panels require replacement and the machine has entered into a run-out mode. The run-out mode is defined as the time period at the end of a copy processing operation between the transfer of the last image to a copy sheet and the final processing of that copy sheet by the machine. The photoconductor panel is completely replaced without interrupting machine operation and in a manner transparent to the user. A control circuit or process interprets the machine states to determine presence of the run-out mode.