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Article depositing apparatus

US5534682A · kind A · utility

37Cited by
35References
17Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 21, 1995
Grant dateJul 9, 1996
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Expiry dateMar 21, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07D11/50
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A document processing system comprising a sensor array for sensing the size and position of a document; a movable magnetic scanner for scanning the document for coded information thereon; an imager for obtaining digitized image data of the document; a movable printing device for printing information on a document; a reversible document transport for conveying a document relative to the sensor array, the magnetic scanner, the imager, and the printing device; and a control unit connected to the sensor array, the magnetic scanner, the printing device and the document transport, the control unit controlling the movement of the document by the document transport between the sensor array, the magnetic scanner, the imager and the printing device, and further controlling movement of the magnetic scanner and the printer relative to the document transport.

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