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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:
Jun. 02, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard I Bennet, Crewe, GB;
Guy H Berthiaume, Charlotte, NC (US);
Michael F Haw, Charlotte, NC (US);
Joseph G Melber, Jr, Charlotte, NC (US);
Jimmie Neill, Sherrilles Ford, NC (US);
Assignee:
TransTechnology Corporation, , US;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400 56 ; 101 9325 ; 250561 ; 250571 ;
Abstract
A typical printing device has a document feeder, a printer, and a document transport mechanism for transporting documents from the document feeder to the printer. In accordance with the invention, there is provided a thickness measurer which measures the thickness of a document prior to the transport of the document to the printer, a controller which receives the thickness information and which provides a gap-adjustment signal, and an adjuster which receives the gap-adjustment signal and adjusts the gap accordingly.