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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:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kerry Neal McKay, San Diego, CA (US);
Mark Arthur Hay, Poway, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400691 ; 400692 ; 400693 ;
Abstract
A low-profile printer includes a main housing portion, a front portion, a media transport mechanism, a print mechanism and a media tray. The front portion is pivotally or detachably secured to the main housing portion. The media tray is positioned inside the main housing portion. In a preferred embodiment, the media transport mechanism and print mechanism are mechanically coupled to the front portion. The media transport mechanism, the print mechanism and the media tray are accessible when the front portion is in an opened position.