Patent · US Expired

Multifunction printer with integrated scanner/stapler

US6898395B2 · kind B2 · utility

20Cited by
5References
48Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 12, 2003
Grant dateMay 24, 2005
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 28, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2221/1696
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A multifunction printer apparatus includes a printer, with a printer media path, and a scanner/stapler assembly detachably secured to the printer. The scanner/stapler assembly includes a scanner and a stapler-configured media path that begins at the printer media path and emerges from the scanner/stapler assembly along a direction perpendicular to a feed direction of the scanner.

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