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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:
Mar. 16, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
David R Gotham, Rochester, NY (US);
Kevin C Koek, Rochester, NY (US);
Timothy J White, Webster, NY (US);
Robert Gerenski, Holley, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399393 ; 271145 ; 399391 ;
Abstract
A copier has a plurality of paper trays for holding paper, and a housing having a front surface as cabinetry with shape-based indicators. The front surface includes a plurality of access panels adjacent to the paper trays, with each access panel allowing access to a respective paper tray, and each access panel has a curved exposed surface extending from the front surface. Each access panel includes a flat exposed surface extending from the respective access panel and having output indicators for indicating status conditions of a set of copying components.