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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:
Jul. 21, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Steven M Johnson, Eagle, ID (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
270 5813 ; 270 5814 ; 270 5818 ;
Abstract
An electric stapler (11) is carried on a transport mechanism (27) for an output bin selector of a sheet media handling apparatus such as a printer having multiple output bins (17). The stapler (11) is established in alignment with an output bin associated with the diverter (29), so that a movement of the diverter (29) to one of the output bins (17) also effects a corresponding movement of the stapler (11) to the same output bin. This permits print jobs which are directed to specific output bins (17) to be selectively stapled.