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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 1989

Filed:

Dec. 02, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:

Klaus Hagen, Cadolzburg, DE;

Rudolf Spotka, Nuremberg, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400 54 ; 364900 ; 364936 ;
Abstract

In a typewriter having a microprocessor for processing stored data according to a stored program, a method for detecting that a machine cover has been opened for servicing and for interrupting a data processing cycle in progress for as long as the cover remains open, said method including, in response to said interruption, the steps of storing in a portion of memory all data, addresses and flags required for the later continuation of the control cycle so that the programmable control unit can subsequently be brought into a condition in which it is insensitive to a great extent to the consequences of electrostatic discharges as may occur during servicing, and after closure of said machine cover after servicing, reconstructing the status of the control cycle prior to the termination, by entering the data, addresses and flags stored in memory into appropriate working registers and buffers.


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