Duplicating apparatus
AssigneeRolf Erich Muller
InventorsReinhold Weigele, Kurt Moser
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Abstract
A duplicating arrangement which includes a copying machine for copying an original and an offset printing machine operatively connected to the copying machine for producing prints from a master copy. The copying machine and the offset printing machine are both constructed so as to be independently functional modules with an automatic control device being provided for controlling the operation of the copying machine and offset printing machines such that, depending upon the duplications to be made, the duplicating arrangement feeds a copy from the copying machine to either a depository or the offset printing machine, wherein the copy so-forwarded serves as a master copy in the offset printing machine.
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A duplicating arrangement which includes a copying means for making either at least one copy or a single master copy of an original by the same copying process, and an offset printing means operatively connected to said copying means for producing prints from said master copy, characterized in that said copying means is constructed as an independently functional module, and in that means are provided for selectively feeding the at least one copy from said copying means to a depository means when the selected number of copies is below a predetermined threshold number and said single master copy from said copying means to the offset printing means when the selected number of copies is equal to or above said threshold number.
A duplicating arrangement which includes a copying means for making a copy of an original, and an offset printing means operatively connected to said copying means for producing prints from a master copy with the copy from said copying means serving as the master copy, characterized in that said copying means is constructed as an independently functional module, and in that means are provided for selectively feeding the copy from said copying means to one of a depository means and the offset printing means, in that control means are provided for automatically controlling the production of copies from the copying means and prints from said offset printing means in dependence upon a predetermined number of duplications to be made, in that said control means includes a counter means for counting a number of duplications to be made, means for operatively connected with said counter means for regulating said copying means and said offset printing means including at least two different operating program means associated with said counter means, said copying means and said offset printing means, a first of said operating program means regulates said copying means so as to produce at least one copy and feed the same to said depository means, a second of said operating program means regulates said copying means to produce only one copy and feed the same to said offset printing means as the master copy, in that said counter means is constructed as a signal transmitter for providing a signal to one of said operating program means in dependence upon a selected number of duplications set on said counter, and further characterized in that means are provided for by-passing said counter means so as to cause said copying means to be regulated in accordance with the first operating program means regardless of the counted number of duplications on said counter means.
A duplicating arrangement which includes a copying means for making a copy of an original, and an offset printing means operatively connected to said copying means for producing prints from a master copy with the copy from said copying means serving as the master copy, characterized in that said copying means is constructed as an independently functional module, and in that means are provided for selectively feeding the copy from said copying means to one of a depository means and the offset printing means, in that the depository means is interposed between the copying means and the offset printing means, and in that said depository means includes a table means for receiving copies from said copying means and means for selectively displacing said table means from a copy-receiving position to a copy-feeding position for feeding the copies into the offset printing means.
A duplicating arrangement which includes a copying means for making a copy of an original, and an offset printing means operatively connected to said copying means for producing prints from a master copy with the copy from said copying means serving as the master copy, characterized in that said copying means is constructed as an independently functional module, and in that means are provided for selectively feeding the copy from said copying means to one of a depository means and the offset printing means, characterized in that at least two different operating program means are associated with said copying means and said offset printing means, a first of said operating program means regulates said copying means so as to produce at least one copy and feed the same to said depository means, a second of said operating program means regulates said copying means to produce only one copy and feed the same to said offset printing means as a master copy, means are operatively connected with the second of said operating program means for providing a lead of a predetermined length on a copy from the copying means which is to be fed to the offset printing means.
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