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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 16, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas J Halpenny, Ridgefield, WA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271126 ; 271147 ; 27125803 ; 27125804 ; 271259 ; 27126502 ;
Abstract
A media level indicator is provided to identify the amount of media in an input stack of a sheet processing device. The media level indicator includes an odometer mechanism configured to survey the printer's feed mechanism so that it may quantify movement of a selected sheet during a predetermined feed operation. The quantified movement thereafter is interpreted to indicate the amount of media in the input stack.