US 4,795,071 A · Copying machine having a sheet stapling device

Abstract

A copying machine is provided with a sheet stapling device for both automatically fastening together in a corner area a bundle of sheets successively printed in the copying machine and fastening together a bundle of sheets manually inserted in an externally accessible opening formed in the side of the stapling device. Preferably, the opening is formed by an elongated slot which extends to the operating side of the copying machine and which coincides with the opening through which sheets printed in the copying machine are discharged from the stapling device. A bundle of sheets can be inserted in the opening so that any edge part is under the stapling means. Thus, the inserted bundle can be stapled at different places along any edge. The opening is provided with two detectors to determine when a bundle of sheets inserted manually is correctly positioned under the stapling device and to initiate the stapling action.

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Dependent claims

A copying machine having a sheet stapling device comprising a support for collecting sheets printed in the copying machine into a bundle;

a stapling means for fastening together a bundle of collected sheets at an edge;
a means for discharging the bundle of collected sheets from the support through an elongated opening;
and an externally accessible opening in the sheet stapling device through which a bundle of sheets can be manually inserted such that only a small portion of the bundle needs to be inserted before it is aligned with the stapling means and wherein both the stapling means and the opening have been provided at the same part of the support on which a corner area of the bundle of collected sheets is situated.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Copying machine having a sheet stapling device

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Copying machine having a sheet stapling device

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Abstract

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