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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:
Feb. 23, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Norman A Dykes, Glastonbury, GB;
Assignee:
Thorn EMI Electronics Limited, Middlesex, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400579 ; 400630 ; 271252 ;
Abstract
A transport device consists of a drive roller and a follower roller. The medium to be transported, for example a card, is inserted between the two rollers. The follower roller is able to pivot on its mountings in order to bring the medium to a predetermined orientation by applying a tractive force to the medium.