Trimmer blower and high capacity waste bin
CA 2128679 C · Owner: Xerox Corporation · Inventors: Standing, Robert C.
Overview
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A signature booklet making apparatus for an electrophotographic printing machine, the booklet making machine having a trimmer blade blower and high capacity waste bin. Selectively operable air ducts are provided to distribute an airflow either across the trim blade to remove trim scraps or through a bypass duct to efficiently fill the waste bin with scrap. A valving mechanism responsive to the operation of the trimmer directs the airflow to the correct duct. By selectively causing the air to flow across the trim blade the chance of forcing thin booklets into the waste chute thereby causing jams is minimized.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed July 22, 1994 and granted October 7, 1997. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 22, 2014.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by July 22, 2016.
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