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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. 23, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert P McNay, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Donald J Garand, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Norris C LeMay, Salem, NH (US);
Robert D Pepe, Dracut, MA (US);
David P Viola, Andover, MA (US);
Assignee:
AGFA Division, Bayer Corporation, Wilmington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347262 ; 347264 ; 347139 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for maintaining contact between the recording media and the media support surface of a scanning system. A pressure load is applied on the recording media in the immediate vicinity of a scanning laser beam, thereby ensuring surface to surface contact between the recording media and the media support surface while scanning.