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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:
Jan. 18, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Juan M Jimenez, Escondido, CA (US);
A Justine Worley, Murrieta, CA (US);
Charles W Dodge, Escondido, CA (US);
David C Tribolet, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ; B65H / ; B65H / ; G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271-41 ; 271145 ; 271161 ; 271209 ; 399110 ; 399369 ; 399379 ;
Abstract
An automatic document feeder includes a low profile, small footprint document output tray having an overall length of about one-half a document length and a shallow curvature with a centrally disposed medium depressor at the central region of the curve that forces a medium sheet to stiffen and to take the curved shape of the output tray.