Document handler jam clearance and job recovery system
CA 1303634 C · Owner: Smith, Charles E. · Inventors: Tanaka, Michael B.; Smith, Charles E.; Acquaviva, Thomas
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In a copying system utilizing a recirculating document handler (RDH) presenting documents to the platen of a copier for copying with an, RDH document stacking tray and an additional document input directly to the platen, and a three zone distributed drives feeding system for first feeding the documents from the stacking tray to the platen secondly, feeding the documents over the platen for copying and thirdly feeding the, documents from the platen back to the stacking tray after they have been copied, to normally form a complete document recirculation path and, sensors for sensing document jams and the position of jammed documents in the document path connecting with a control system …
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- Granted June 16, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 16, 2009.
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