Apparatus for utilizing a single paper path for scanning, faxing, copying, and printing
US5760926A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 20, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jun 2, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 20, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/0461
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus for utilizing a single paper path for printing, copying, scanning, and sending and receiving facsimiles by combining a gear box assembly and an adjustable scan head assembly with a conventional printer. The invention contemplates a first position for scanning, copying, and sending facsimiles of an image, and a second position for printing, reproducing a copied image, and receiving facsimiles. In the first position, the path of a single sheet of paper is impeded by the scan head mechanism. In the second position, a sheet of paper onto which an image has been transferred by dot matrix, ink, or laser printing, can move through the multipurpose information transfer device unimpeded. The invention contemplates a single stationary path to which information transfer functions are added and taken away, instead of multiple paths to accommodate stationary information transfer functions.
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