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Fluid control means for zero suppression in printing and sensing devices
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1965-07-14
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Granted: 1969-02-18
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Expires: 1985-07-14
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 George A Giannuzzi
- 👤 Donald W Haney
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 06:24
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06K; G06K7/00; G06K7/02; G06K15/00; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T137/00; Y10T137/206; Y10T137/2065; Y10T137/8593; Y10T137/86493; Y10T137/86509; Y10T137/86517; Y10T137/86533
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
98 words
IN A MACHINE FOR TRANSLATING CODED INDICIA IN A DOCUMENT INTO CHARACTER REPRESENTATION, APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVELY SUPRESSING THE TRANSLATION OF A DESIGNATED CHARACTER COMPRISING: TRANSLATION MEANS INCLUDING A PREDETERMINED DUCT ARRANGEMENT AND OPERABLE BY THE FLOW OF PRESSURIZED FLUID SUPPLIED THERETO FOR SENSING SAID DOCUMENT AND RECORDING SAID CHARACTER IN RESPONSE TO DETECTING INDICIA REPRESENTATIVE THEREOF; MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY ISSUING A SUPPRESSION SIGNAL WHEN SAID CHARACTER IS TO BE SUPPRESSED; AND VALVE MEANS INTERCONNECTED IN SAID PREDETERMINED DUCT ARRANGEMENT AND MOVABLE IN RESPONSE TO SAID SUPPRESSION SIGNAL FOR ALTERING SAID DUCT ARRANGEMENT TO RENDER SAID TRANSLATION MEANS INOPERABLE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
98 words
IN A MACHINE FOR TRANSLATING CODED INDICIA IN A DOCUMENT INTO CHARACTER REPRESENTATION, APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVELY SUPRESSING THE TRANSLATION OF A DESIGNATED CHARACTER COMPRISING: TRANSLATION MEANS INCLUDING A PREDETERMINED DUCT ARRANGEMENT AND OPERABLE BY THE FLOW OF PRESSURIZED FLUID SUPPLIED THERETO FOR SENSING SAID DOCUMENT AND RECORDING SAID CHARACTER IN RESPONSE TO DETECTING INDICIA REPRESENTATIVE THEREOF; MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY ISSUING A SUPPRESSION SIGNAL WHEN SAID CHARACTER IS TO BE SUPPRESSED; AND VALVE MEANS INTERCONNECTED IN SAID PREDETERMINED DUCT ARRANGEMENT AND MOVABLE IN RESPONSE TO SAID SUPPRESSION SIGNAL FOR ALTERING SAID DUCT ARRANGEMENT TO RENDER SAID TRANSLATION MEANS INOPERABLE.
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