Patents by Inventor Dan S. Caputo

Dan S. Caputo has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5800083
    Abstract: A multiple-function printing device provides for picking pages from a stack of sheets in an input feeder for roller-driven movement along a first path through a printing station to an output, and for picking pages from a stack of documents in an input feeder for roller-driven movement along a second path through a scanning station to an output, with at least a portion of the first and second paths being commonly shared, with a document deflector which, in a document scanning mode of operation, is pivoted into a lowered position generally parallel to a print station platen to constrain the top and bottom of curled documents exiting from the scan station so as to prevent an incipient paper jam. The deflector is actuated by a drive mechanism including a ball link and cranks connected to a common motor in a service station for capping and wiping print cartridges in the printing station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Co.
    Inventors: Glenn W. Gaarder, Samuel A. Stodder, Lynn D. Palmer, Dan S. Caputo, Chan K. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 5793499
    Abstract: An ink jet hardcopy facsimile apparatus having an automatic document feeder, a scanning station and print station, wherein a facsimile status marking indicative of facsimile condition is printed on the non-scanned side of a document after the document is scanned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Jennie L. Hollis, Dan S. Caputo