US 2026/0273972 A1Published application

Collecting device for laser printer

AssigneeLeica Biosystems Nussloch GmbH

InventorsLester Lu, Ming Wu, Lisa Li, Alex XIE

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Abstract

A collecting device for a laser printer includes an object carrier, an object stage, a pushing member and first and second drive assemblies. The object carrier is movable between first and second positions, in the first position the object carrier is configured to collect an object transferred from the laser printer in a first horizontal direction to form an object stack on the object carrier, and in the second position, the object stack is transferable from the object carrier onto the object stage in a second horizontal direction. The first drive assembly is configured to drive the object carrier to move between the first and second positions. The pushing member is configured to push the object stack from the object carrier onto the object stage in the second horizontal direction. The second drive assembly is configured to drive the pushing member to move in the second horizontal direction.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A collecting device for a laser printer, comprising:

an object carrier movable between a first position and a second position lower than the first position in a vertical direction, in the first position the object carrier being configured to collect at least one object transferred from the laser printer in a first horizontal direction to form an object stack on the object carrier;
a first drive assembly configured to drive the object carrier to move between the first position and the second position;
an object stage, configured such that in the second position of the object carrier, the object stack is transferable from the object carrier onto the object stage in a second horizontal direction;
a pushing member configured to push the object stack from the object carrier in the second position onto the object stage in the second horizontal direction;
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a second drive assembly configured to drive the pushing member to move in the second horizontal direction.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 19/168,218Filed 24 Mar 2023
Published: 17 Sep 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification17 codes

B41J 13/106
Sheet holders, retainers , movable guides, or stationary guides: for the sheet output section
B65H 29/00
Delivering or advancing articles from machines
B41J 2/442
Using single radiation source per colour, e.g. lighting beams or shutter arrangements: using lasers
B41J 11/0095
Devices or arrangements of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in…:…