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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:
Jul. 07, 1987
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andrew Gabor, Alamo, CA (US);
John C Dunfield, San Jose, CA (US);
George W Bowers, Jr, Hayward, CA (US);
Richard G Crystal, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ; B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400389 ; 4001442 ; 4001572 ; 400166 ; 400385 ; 4003881 ; 400689 ; 400703 ; 101 9319 ; 101 9329 ; 101 9348 ;
Abstract
An impacting element for an impact printer having a platen, selectable character elements and means for driving the impacting element to impart a printing force to a selected character element, to drive it against said platen for a contact period, the impacting element including a sensor thereon for generating a signal indicative of the initiation of the contact period.