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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. 06, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 14, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Patrick Nguyen, Walnut, CA (US);
Brian C Preston, Placentia, CA (US);
Assignee:
CalComp Inc., Anaheim, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ; B43L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3461 / ; 33 181 ;
Abstract
An actuator mechanism for a plotter carriage adaptable for use in either a pen plotter or a pencil plotter mode in which a coupler engages both a support for a pen holder and a support for a lead holder and a motor and an actuator arm coupled to the motor are provided for driving the coupler relative to a drawing media surface. An interlock and a sensor are provided to enable the motor, actuator arm and coupler to be coupled to a pencil actuator mechanism and to determine whether the plotter carriage is being used in a pen plotter or a pencil plotter mode.