Table top copy machine having a movable support and positioning frame for a copy sheet tray
OwnerLionel B. Hoffmaninventor
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Abstract
A compact, table top plain paper copy machine has a teardrop shaped photoreceptor belt. A reciprocating carriage scan exposes an original document to the photoreceptor through an optical system having a Z-shaped optical path. The optical system and a number of other processing stations are located directly underneath the carriage thereby contributing to the overall compactness of the machine. A pair of pressure fusing rollers fix a dry toned image to a plain paper copy sheet, so that no energy is required to maintain the machine in a warm-up or stand-by mode of operation.
Claims6
In a plain paper copy machine having a cabinet containing a photoreceptor belt movably supported between two rollers for supporting and moving said belt along a predetermined endless path, means for toning a latent electrostatic image on said belt and means for transferring said toned image to a plain paper copy sheet, a pair of queuing rollers for feeding a copy sheet into contact with the toned image on the photoreceptor belt, a tray for holding a supply of copy sheets, the improvement comprising:
- a support and positioning frame movable to and away from an operative position for positioning the copy sheet tray, and for supporting and positioning the queuing rollers and the transfer ring means in their recpective operative positions with respect to the photoreceptor belt as said support and positioning frame is moved to its operative position.
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