Appeal No. 96-1706
Application 08/203,461
considered by the examiner to be directed to allowable subject
matter.2
The invention pertains to a method of controlling a
tape motor for feeding tape to a printing drum so that only the
necessary amount of tape is utilized regardless of the length of
printing which occurs.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as
follows:
1. A method for controlling a tape motor for feeding
tape in correspondence to printing of an indeterminate length of
printing on the tape by a print drum comprising the steps of:
a) providing a micro controller operative to control
a tape motor;
b) providing a sensor for indicating a tape condition
which changes in accordance with the engagement of a printing
portion of the print drum with the tape;
c) providing an optical sensor and slotted disk for
providing signals indicative of the rotation of a motor shaft of
the tape motor;
d) providing at least first and second counters for
counting signal pulses from said optical sensor corresponding to
the passage of slots during rotation of the motor;
e) energizing the motor for feeding tape;
f) counting the signal pulses in said first and
second counters; and
It is assumed that the inclusion of claim 10 in the statement2
of rejection at page 3 of the answer, paragraph 9.1.2 was a
typographical, or other type of, error.
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