Sheet collector
CA 1262151 C · Owner: Xerox Corporation · Inventors: Stemmle, Denis Joseph
Overview
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A compact sheet stacker or sorter (11) for a xerographic or other copier (10) has respectively one or more upright sheet-receiving bins (1a ... 1o) which are fed from below by a, guide assembly (14) which in the case of a sorter, can be indexed from bin to bin but in the, case of a stacker is fixed With this arrangement sheets are collected in properly collated (1- N) order without using an active sheet inverter or conventional inverting paper path thereby, saving space. The bin plates (2a ... 2o) defining the bins are shaped so as to hold sheets (8a 8b, ...) in a curved configuration transverse to the direction of sheet feed. The curvature imparts beam strength to the sheets enabling them …
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- Granted October 3, 1989. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 3, 2006.
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