Patents Represented by Attorney John H. Holcomb
  • Patent number: 4273439
    Abstract: A document feeder system, interfaced with a copier system, with, inter alia, a semi-automatic document feeder (SADF), an automatic document feeder (ADF), a prior task document judgment queue and an associated logic control system that allows the suspending of a prior task being run on either of the foregoing document feeders and the commencing of a subsequent or urgent task on any one of the other foregoing document feeders. This feeder suspending/commencing mode is carried out with a judgment decision capability based on judgment criteria consisting of the combination of certain predetermined prior and subsequent tasks information. Thus, when an urgent task operator selects a feeder suspending/commencing mode button, a single control panel is instantly made available so that the urgent task copy quantity and feature selections can be made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1981
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Harvey R. Markham, Roger D. Shepherd