Copy finisher
CA 1107809 A · Owner: Eastman Kodak Company · Inventors: Reid, Michael G.; Hunt, William E.; Burlew, Leroy E.
Overview
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Copy finisher for assembling uncollated or collated copies produced by an electrographic copier into booklets in an intermediate tray, for stapling the booklets if desired, and for selectively stacking the booklets in an offset or straight manner in an output tray. If a malfunction such as, a paper jam, occurs in the copier the finisher will assemble, the copies in process in the finisher into a booklet and offset stack the booklet in the output tray. If the number of copies in a copy set produced by the copier exceeds the copy assembling limit of the intermediate tray, the finishing apparatus will assemble the copies of the set into subbooklets of copies equal to or less than the copy …
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- Granted August 25, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 25, 1998.
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