Document stop and position indicator mechanism
US3942622A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 6, 1974 |
| Grant date | Mar 9, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 6, 1994 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J11/38
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
For use in a business machine having a printer and a platen for backing documents during printing, a document stop and position indicator mechanism comprising, in preferred form: movable document stop means for vertically supporting a document at a preselected printing position relative to the platen, a manually rotatable drive shaft mounting gearing engaging gear linkage connected to the document stop means for adjusting the document printing position by raising or lowering the document stop means, a flexible band having ends thereof secured to the document stop means, and band guide means, comprising pulleys, for training the band past a viewing point, the band being calibrated to identify thereat the document printing position established by knob rotation of the drive shaft.
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