US 4,050,688 A · Orthogonal document handling apparatus

Abstract

A system for presenting documents to a xerographic exposure station includes a first fluidic storage station in which a rack for storing documents is located. The rack includes a plurality of pockets in each of which a document may be stored, the rack being movable in a vertical direction. A fluid stream is used to move a document in a pocket out of the storage apparatus through an opening and into orthogonal registration at the exposure station. Exposed documents are fluidically moved to a second fluidic storage station which is similar to the first, the exiting direction being generally transverse to the path followed by a document in entering the exposure station. Vertical movement of the racks at the first and second storage stations is used to serially feed documents to the exposure stations and to provide a pocket for each of the exposed documents.

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Dependent claims

Document handling apparatus, comprising:

a. an exposure station including orthogonally related surfaces;
b. first means for fluidically moving a document in a first direction and into orthogonal registration with said surfaces of the exposure station, a registered document being entirely within the exposure station;
said first means including a rack having a plurality of superposed pockets for storing documents, means for aligning each of the pockets with the exposure station, and fluidic means for moving documents in aligned pockets to the exposure station;
and
c. second means for fluidically moving said document in a second direction out of the exposure station;
said first and second directions being transversely related.

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Orthogonal document handling apparatus

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Abstract

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