Set binding, stapling and stacking apparatus
AssigneeGraoco (Japan) Ltd
InventorsPETER M. COOMBS, JAMES R. SEAY
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Abstract
Apparatus is provided for receiving and assembling sheets in a binding station at which thermal binding strips are automatically supplied to the side edges of the assembled sets, the sheet receiving trays at the binding station are laterally moved apart to allow a set of assembled bound or unbound sheets to gravitate to a stapling station at which an assembled set of sheets may be stapled together, and the trays forming the stapling station are moved laterally apart to allow the stapled set to gravitate to a stacker tray which is allowed to move downwardly as progressive sets are deposited on the stacker tray and the stacker tray is moved upwardly to a set receiving position following removal of finished sets.
Claims21
Set finishing and stacking apparatus for sheets fed from a reproduction machine comprising:
- means for providing a first finishing station for receiving sheets fed into the apparatus, means for providing a second finishing station below said first finishing station, stacker means below said second finishing station, one of said finishing stations including means for applying a thermal binding strip to a set of sheets supplied thereto, the other of said finishing stations having means for stapling a set of sheets supplied thereto, said first finishing station including a multiple part tray and means for moving the parts of said tray from a position for receiving a set of sheets laterally to a position at which the set of sheets passes downwardly through said tray of said first finishing station to said second finishing station, said second finishing station including a multiple part tray and means for moving the parts of said tray from a position for receiving a set of sheets to a position at which the set of sheets passes downwardly through said tray of said second finishing station to said stacker means.
Set finishing and stacking apparatus for sheets fed from a reproduction machine comprising:
- means providing a finishing station for receiving sheets fed into the apparatus, stacker means below said finishing station, said finishing station including a multiple part tray and means for moving the parts of said tray horizontally from a position for receiving a set of sheets to a position at which the set of sheets passes downwardly through said tray to said stacker means.
Set finishing means for sheets fed from a reproduction machine comprising:
- two part heater means forming a right angular seat for a right angular binding strip, a magazine for receiving a stack of said binding strips, means for successively moving one of said binding strips from said magazine to said seat means for delivering a set of sheets to said binding strip in said seat with an edge of said set supported by said seat with a side of said strip therebetween, and means for activating the other part of the two part heater into parallel pressure engagement with said set against the other part, and means for applying heat to said heater parts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.