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US 5,430,535 AGranted
Bimodal sheet transport system for a copier
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorThomas Acquaviva
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AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorThomas Acquaviva
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An apparatus for copying printed irregular sheets such as tab sheets, transparencies or sheets with holes (i.e., hole for 3 ring binder) on a copier equipped with a Recirculating Document Handler (RDH) so that unwanted images of the platen transport on the copies do not appear. The apparatus includes an alternate semiautomatic document handling side loading slot on a copying station of a copier. Feeders are provided for feeding an irregular sheet from the semiautomatic document handling side loading slot to the copy station and a blank sheet from the recirculating document handler to the copy station. A tacking system is provided for tacking the blank sheet to the irregular sheet before the irregular sheet reaches the copy station to be copied.
An apparatus for advancing sheets to a copying station of a copier, comprising:
A copying method for advancing sheets to a copying station of a copier, comprising the steps of:
A printing machine of the type in which sheets are advanced to a copying station, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.