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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:
May. 29, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
James S Ramsey, Shelton, CT (US);
John L Lorenzo, Southbury, CT (US);
Assignee:
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271111 ; 271154 ; 271258 ; 271265 ;
Abstract
In accordance with the foregoing objects, the present invention provides for a source and detector arranged in the path of a diminishing supply of documents, the strategically located detector responding to the absence of a supply at a specific point for providing an indication that the document supply or the like is getting low so that an operator may refill the supply before it runs out.