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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. 28, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven J Sparer, Rochester, NY (US);
William I Morris, Oakfield, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ; G01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400120 ; 346138 ; 271277 ;
Abstract
A sheet clamping apparatus for a thermal printer drum includes a clamping lever mounted in a recess of the drum, fixed cam members, and a mechanism mounted on an end surface of the drum and connected to the clamping lever and operatively associated with the cam members for moving the lever between open sheet receiving and ejecting positions and a closed sheet clamping position as the drum rotates.