Title: Paper tape housing for a business machine

Abstract: The paper tape roll, utilized for providing a printed customer receipt, is disposed in a trough like tray housed behind a drop-down door hinged in the front wall (i.e. the surface facing the machine operator during normal use of a business machine such as a cash register or the like). The path of tape feed progresses from the roll vertically up into a paper feed mechanism arranged in clear view of and for easy access by the machine operator while the operator remains in normal machine use position. The paper tape is then guided by the paper feed mechanism through a receipt printer, below a cutting blade, and out through a window, also provided in the drop-down door, for ready extraction by the machine operator and subsequent delivery to the customer.

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Inventors: Shaw, Joseph P. (Wanaque, NJ, US)

Application Number: 641011
Filing Date: 1975-12-15
Publication_date: 1978-03-21
Assignee: Digital Computer Controls, Inc. (Fairfield, NJ)
Primary Class(es): 400/613 235/1D, 400/593, 400/594, 400/693, D18/41
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US Patent Ref:

1362791	Dec, 1920	Hayes et al.	197/133.
2160539	May, 1939	Clark	197/133.
3033339	May, 1962	Simms	197/133.
3294212	Dec, 1966	Gearheart et al.	197/133.
3476230	Nov, 1969	Hunter	197/133.
3572601	Mar, 1971	Miller	197/133.
3593833	Jul, 1971	Bretti	197/132.
3644930	Feb, 1972	Stange et al.	197/133.
3793951	Feb, 1974	Denley	197/133.

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Primary Examiner: Coven, Edward M.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Feldman; Stephen E., Feldman; Marvin