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US 4,760,492 AGranted
Combined form feed and storage, printer stand and carrying case
OwnerFrances C. Walshinventor
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Abstract
A dual wall case which serves as a storage, shipping and carrying case for a computer printer, a storage and feed unit for computer printer paper and a computer printer stand. The case is preferably constructed of a blow molded plastic having a sufficient degree of conductivity to permit static electricity on the paper to be discharged through a ground wire attached to the case as the paper passes over supporting surfaces of the case.
Claims18
A compact, combined form feed and storage, printer stand and carrying case comprising:
- a bottom wall and a plurality of lower walls extending upwardly from said bottom wall and defining therewith a hollow base,
- a top wall and a plurality of upper walls depending downwardly therefrom and defining therewith a hollow cover,
- said upper and lower walls including corresponding rear and side walls,
- means defining a front opening into said hollow base and cover opposite said back walls and between said side walls thereof,
- front supporting means on said cover adjacent said opening for supporting a continuous web substantially across its width,
- rear supporting means on said cover adjacent said rear wall thereof for supporting a continuous web substantially across its width, and
- means defining a path for such web from said front to said rear supporting means substantially along said top wall.
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A compact, combined form feed and storage, printer stand and carrying case comprising:
- a bottom wall, a pair of side walls extending upwardly from opposite sides of said bottom wall and a rear wall extending upwardly from a rear edge of said bottom wall and defining a hollow base of sufficient length and width to accommodate a computer printer therein,
- a top wall, a pair of upper side walls depending downwardly from opposite sides thereof and a rear wall depending downwardly from a rear edge of said top wall and defining therewith a hollow cover complementary to said hollow base,
- at least said top and bottom walls being of dual construction,
- means hingedly interconnecting said base and cover adjacent edges of their respective rear walls,
- means defining a front opening into said hollow base and cover opposite said back walls thereof and between said side walls thereof,
- a front cover hingedly attached to said bottom wall along a lower edge of said front cover for selective movement thereof into and out of said front opening,
- means defining a viewing window in said front cover to permit observation of the contents of said combined printer stand and carrying case,
- an elongated curved surface extending across said cover adjacent said front opening thereof for engaging an inner surface of a continuous web received in said hollow base and trained upwardly about said elongated curved surface,
- means defining an opening through said cover across the width thereof from adjacent said front opening to said rear wall of said cover and defining a path for said web through said cover from the front to the rear thereof,
- an upwardly extending ramp positioned at a downstream end of said opening and extending across said cover for engaging an inner surface of said continuous web passing through said path in said cover,
- said case being formed of a conductive material,
- ground wire means attached to said case, whereby passage of inner and outer surfaces of said web over portions of said case discharges electrostatic energy associated therewith,
- said dual wall construction of said top wall defining a slot extending across said top wall intermediate of and substantially parallel to said curved surface and said ramp,
- means for selectively interconnecting said front cover and said hollow cover, and
- a carrying handle mounted on at least one of said side walls.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.