Multiple output sheet inverter
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsMichael J. Martin, Vinod K. Agarwal, Gerald M. Garavuso
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Abstract
The invention includes a sheet feeding apparatus having a sheet pocket with a first end and a second end, rollers spaced a predetermined distance from the first end and including a plurality of sheet-feeder nips, one of the nips being an inlet nip for directing a sheet into the first end of the sheet pocket, and at least one other of the nips being an exit nip for directing a sheet out of the first end of the sheet pocket, and bypass rollers for selectively permitting a sheet to exit the sheet pocket via the second end thereof.
Claims15
A sheet feeding apparatus, comprising:
- a sheet pocket having a first end and a second end;
- roller means spaced a predetermined distance from said first end and including a plurality of sheet-feeder nips, one of said nips being an inlet nip for directing a sheet into said first end of said sheet pocket, and at least one other of said nips being an exit nip for directing a sheet out of said first end of said sheet pocket;
- bypass means for selectively permitting a sheet to exit said sheet pocket via said second end thereof;
- a first sheet path extending from said bypass means to a duplex tray;
- a second sheet path extending from an exit nip to the duplex tray;
- a third sheet path extending from an exit nip to a to the inlet nip.
A sheet feeding apparatus, comprising:
- a sheet pocket having a first end and a second end;
- roller means spaced a predetermined distance from said first end for defining a plurality of spaced sheet-feeder nips, said roller means including at least four contiguous counter rotatable rollers to define at least three of said nips, a central one of said three nips being an inlet nip for directing a sheet into said first end of said sheet pocket, and at least the other two of said three nips being exit nips for directing a sheet out of said first end of said sheet pocket;
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- a directional change mechanism disposed between said roller means and said sheet pocket for directing a sheet exiting said sheet pocket to a selected exit nip, said directional change mechanism including a pair of reversing rollers for defining a reversing nip, and means for translating the reversing rollers to direct a sheet from said reversing nip to a selected one of said two exit nips.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.