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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:
Sep. 01, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1991
Lawrence R Benedict, Rushville, NY (US);
A Lance Marchese, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
An improved system for exchanging a developer unit of a copying or printing machine by moving the developer unit between a portable developer unit transporter cart or the like and the development station of the machine while the cart is docked in alignment therewith, the cart has a liftable development unit holder and a simple but effective foot pedal operated lifting system for automatically lifting it up to the same level as the development station in said machine, so that developer unit rails thereon are in accurate alignment with rails in the development station for easily moving a developer unit therebetween, irrespective of variations in the level of the cart and the machine due to floor or machine alignment differences. Also disclosed is a system of assisting the lateral alignment of the cart with the machine for docking, and safety interlock systems.