Apparatus for automatically rolling up output sheets from a document reproduction system
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsRobert F. Romanowski, Raymond E. Poehlein
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Abstract
A copying/printing machine is adapted for rolling up copies of large size documents such as engineering drawings and the like by incorporating a roll-up apparatus into the machine. An output copy is guided along a circular interior space formed by a combination of curved baffle members. The copy is propelled along a spiraling inward path by a combination of feed rollers and nudging rollers spaced along the width of the baffle members. A portion of the roll-up apparatus is pivotable downward to permit the rolled-up output document to be removed.
Claims5
Apparatus for rolling copy sheets into a tubular roll, the apparatus including:
- means for accepting said copy sheets from an output station and for feeding said sheets into a roll-up station, the roll-up station including;
- a cylindrical housing formed by a plurality of curved baffle members having apertures therethrough;
- a plurality of rollers arranged around the circumference of said housing, a portion of the outer surface of said rollers seated in said apertures and extending a short distance into the interior of said housing;
- said rollers adapted to be driven in the same direction whereby, as a sheet is moved into said housing by said feeding means, the sheet is guided by said baffles and urging rollers and would into a tubular form.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.