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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. 20, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Denis J Stemmle, Webster, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400649 ; 400656 ;
Abstract
A pivoting platen for use with a printhead of a printing device includes a rigid portion and a compressible portion. The compressible portion contacts a sheet, which is pressed against the compressible portion by the printhead. The platen pivots about a rotational axis as the printhead scans across the sheet, creating uniform pressing forces between the printhead and the platen. These uniform pressing forces ensure uniform density of the image bands printed by the printhead.