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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:
Nov. 08, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Petersen, Poway, CA (US);
Jorge Pont, Encinitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346 24 ; 400621 ;
Abstract
A cutter drive for a computer driven printer/plotter employs a cutter carriage which is separate from the printer carriage and which is attachable to and detachable from the printer carriage to be moved thereby without a separate cutter drive. Camming surfaces on a pickup arm and a pickup hook permit the cutter carriage to be mechanically engaged and disengaged from the printer carriage without any motors or magnets.