US 4,053,223 A · Document platen cover for photocopy machine

Abstract

A combined document cover and document storage assembly for a copying machine which copies both flat sheet documents and thick book documents. The document cover is hinged to the copyier along the edge remote from the operator so that the operator lifts the cover in an upward and rearward arcuate movement. The cover has a document holding pocket along the upper rear edge thereof for receiving the edges of a stack of documents placed on the cover to hold the documents in place when the cover is lifted, the pocket having a slanted wall in order to cause the documents to overlap each other by a small amount to facilitate grasping the uppermost document. The cover cooperates with the top wall of the housing of the copying machine in order to permit stacking of the documents after they have been copied in a manner which permits checking each successive copy with the original to be sure that the document is copied and to facilitate restacking of the documents in order corresponding to the order of the copies as these are stacked in exiting from the copying machine.

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Dependent claims

A document cover for a copying machine having a platen on which documents are placed for copying, said cover comprising:

A. a relatively rigid body member adapted to overlie the platen of the copying machine and a document when the latter is placed on the platen for copying, said body member having a flat planar portion dimensioned at least to cover the platen of the copying machine and having an upper surface opposite a lower surface normally juxtaposed the copying machine platen,
B. means disposed along one edge of said flat portion of said body member for pivotally connecting said body member to the copying machine whereby said body member can be moved to a raised position in which the copying machine platen is exposed for placing or removing of documents,
C. means disposed adjacent the opposite edge of said body member for grasping said body member for movement thereof between the normal position overlying the platen and said raised position, and
D. a relatively rigid retaining means on said body member adjacent said one edge of said body member against which retaining means the documents bear and by which retaining means the documents are supported and retained in position on said upper surface of said body member for easy removal of successive documents by an operator when said body member is moved to its raised position.

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In a copying machine having a frame and a plurality of processing means mounted in the frame for reproducing on copy paper the indicia of an original document to be copied and means for depositing successive copies in superposed relationship with the indicia side of the copies in view of the operator of the copying machine, a document storage assembly for storing a plurality of documents before and after each document is copied, said assembly comprising:

A. a housing for the copying machine mounted on said frame, said housing having a top wall,
B. a transparent platen mounted on said housing in substantially co-planar relationship with said top wall, one edge of said platen being substantially co-extensive with at least a portion of one edge of said top wall,
C. a substantially rigid platen cover mounted on said top wall adjacent the oppposite edge of said platen, said cover having an upper surface and a lower surface dimensioned at least to overlie said platen,
D. means mounting said cover on said platen for pivotal movement about an axis substantially co-extensive with said opposite edge of said platen,
E. lifting means on said platen cover adjacent said one edge of said platen,
F. relatively rigid document retaining means on said upper cover surface adjacent said opposite edge of said platen cover against which retaining means the documents bear and by which retaining means the documents are supported and retained in position on said upper cover surface for easy removal of successive documents by an operator when said cover is pivotally lifted about said mounting means, and
G. means disposed adjacent said platen cover for receiving documents which have been copied.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Document platen cover for photocopy machine

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