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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1995
Raymond Lee, Bronx, NY (US);
Other;
Abstract
A fingerprinting device including a hollow housing having a finger receiving entryway, a paper exit, and a charcoal-laden pad coupled thereto for receiving fingers of a user's hand thereupon; a press area coupled to the housing at a location offset below the finger receiving entryway for receiving charcoal-laden fingers of the user's hand thereupon; an axially-rotatable tubular roll of adhesive tape coupled to the housing and extended over the press area and through the paper exit and with charcoal from the user's fingers adhering to the tape to thereby create a negative print on the tape; an axially rotatable tubular roll of paper coupled to the housing and extended through the paper exit; and a pressurized roller mechanism for temporarily adhering the charcoal-laden tape with the paper and fixedly adhering the charcoal with the paper as the tape and paper travel toward the paper exit to thereby create a positive print on the paper and with the tape removable from contact with the paper to allow the positive print to be directly viewed in hard copy form.