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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:
Apr. 29, 1986
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
James G Stoffel, Rochester, NY (US);
William L Statt, Webster, NY (US);
Jacob N Kluger, Rochester, NY (US);
Lawrence J Mason, Penfield, NY (US);
Richard G Ermer, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ; G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355-8 ; 355 / ; 355 / ;
Abstract
An optical scanning and illumination arrangement is provided for a document reproduction machine which includes a plurality of linear motors to drive the moving scan/illumination carriages. Each linear motor is under the control of a digital control circuit which, in turn, is under the control of a supervising circuit which maintains the status of machine operation and generates appropriate signals to control the individual digital control circuits.