Low manual effort system for removably mounting paper handling modules to reproduction machines
CA 2192119 C · Owner: Naramore, Raymond A. · Inventors: Naramore, Raymond A.; Counoupas, Steve S.
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A system and method for manually removably locking a paper handling module to a reproduction apparatus with greatly reduced manual force, wherein the reproduction apparatus and the paper handling module have respective sheet feed openings which are operatively aligned for sheet feeding therebetween when the module is so locked to the reproduction apparatus in a locking position and wherein the paper handling module has a weight which is undesirable for manual lifting into the locking position. The module is supported on an integral module transporting system to be freely movable in any horizontal direction into an initial docking position closely adjacent to the reproduction apparatus. …
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- Filed December 5, 1996 and granted August 7, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 5, 2016.
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