Pneumatically controlled stapling system
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorCharles W. Spehrley, Jr.
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Abstract
An apparatus in which at least two sheets are stapled to one another. The apparatus includes a controller which places a pressure source in communication with a staple drive so that pressurized fluid actuates the staple drive to drive a staple through the sheets. Thereafter, the controller places the staple drive in communication with a staple clincher so that the pressurized fluid exhausting from the staple drive actuates the staple clincher to clinch the portion of the staple legs protruding through the sheets.
Claims14
A method of stapling at least two sheets to one another, including the steps of:
- applying a pressurized fluid to a staple driver so as to force a staple through the sheet;
- and
- exhausting the pressurized fluid from the staple driver to a staple clincher so as to clinch the portion of the staple legs protruding through the sheets.
An apparatus for stapling at least two sheets to one another, including:
- means for driving a staple through the sheets;
- means for clinching the portion of the staple legs protruding through the sheets;
- a source of pressurized fluid;
- and
- control means for placing said pressure source in communication with said driving means to actuate said driving means, said control means placing said clinching means in communication with said driving means so that the fluid exhausting therefrom activates said clinching means.
A reproducing machine for producing stapled piles of copies from documents advancing from a supply source to an exposure platen and then returning to the supply source in repeated cycles with the copies being stapled in sets corresponding to the set of documents being copied, wherein the improved stapling apparatus includes:
- means for driving a staple through a copy set;
- means for clinching the portion of the staple legs protruding through the copy set;
- a source of pressurized fluid;
- and
- control means for placing said pressure source in communication with said driving means to actuate said driving means, said control means placing said clinching means in communication with said driving means so that the fluid exhausting therefrom actuates said clinching means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.