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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:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert Dale Proctor, Loveland, CO (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369191 ; 369 771 ; 369 79 ;
Abstract
A cartridge hand off selection mechanism may comprise a gate member positioned along the displacement path of a moveable cartridge engaging assembly. The gate member is displaceably engageable by a latch member on the moveable cartridge during a first operating state and is nondisplaceably engageable with the latch member during a second operating state.