Device for dating notes
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1. In combination, a pad of notepaper, a device for keeping track of time information, a printer mounted in operative engagement with the pad of notepaper;
- means for sensing movement of the top piece of notepaper on said pad of notepaper as said top piece is removed from said pad; and
means responsive to said sensing means for causing said printer to print time information on said top piece of notepaper while it is being removed from said pad.
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Abstract
A device for placing the time and date on notepaper comprises a container, a tray within the container for holding a pad of notepaper, and means for biasing the tray upwardly. The device includes a thermal print head attached to the bottom surface of a cover for the container for printing a time and date stamp on a single sheet of paper in response to the user'"'"'s removal of the sheet from the container.
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19 Claims
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1. In combination, a pad of notepaper, a device for keeping track of time information, a printer mounted in operative engagement with the pad of notepaper;
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means for sensing movement of the top piece of notepaper on said pad of notepaper as said top piece is removed from said pad; and
means responsive to said sensing means for causing said printer to print time information on said top piece of notepaper while it is being removed from said pad. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 18)
means for producing an optical beam, means for periodically interrupting the beam at a rate dependent on the rate of movement of the paper as it is removed from the pad, and means for producing a signal dependent on the periodic rate of interruption of the beam, the printer being responsive to such signal to print said time information at a rate also dependent on the rate of movement of such paper.
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12. Apparatus for printing time information on sheets of paper which are removed from the device comprising:
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a container including a tray for supporting a pad of notepaper;
a cover connected to said container;
a printer mounted in said cover for printing time information on the uppermost piece of paper on the pad;
a microprocessor for keeping track of time information, said microprocessor being connected to said printer for enabling the printing of time information;
means for sensing movement of the top piece of notepaper on said pad of notepaper as said top piece is removed from said pad; and
means responsive to said sensing means for causing said printer to print time information on said top piece of notepaper while it is being removed from said pad. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19)
means for producing an optical beam, means for periodically interrupting the beam at a rate dependent on the rate of movement of the paper as it is removed from the pad, and means for producing a signal dependent on the periodic rate of interruption of the beam, the printer being responsive to such signal to print said time information at a rate also dependent on the rate of movement of such paper.
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