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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2001
Kevin J. Urlaub, Boise, ID (US);
Daiquiri Rose Fouch, Boise, ID (US);
Frederic Adam Ornellas, Boise, ID (US);
Eric L Ames, Boise, ID (US);
Kevin J. Urlaub, Boise, ID (US);
Daiquiri Rose Fouch, Boise, ID (US);
Frederic Adam Ornellas, Boise, ID (US);
Eric L Ames, Boise, ID (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A tool is provided that has a grasper adapted to selectively grasp a tearable medium, a conveyer adapted to selectively move the grasper along an axis to move the tearable medium against a tear-off edge to sever the tearable medium, and a controller adapted to transmit a first signal for instructing the conveyer to move the grasper and a second signal for instructing the grasper to grasp the tearable medium.