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US 6,260,838 B1Granted
Stapling stacker
AssigneeGradco (Japan) Ltd.
InventorPeter M. Coombs
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Abstract
A stapling stacker has a sheet infeed, a pivoted shelf on which the trailing ends of sheets are assembled with the leading ends supported by previously stacked sets, the sets are side edge aligned, stapled into sets and offset with respect to previously stapled sets, and the shelf then is operated to dump the trailing ends onto previously stapled sets of sheets on the stacker.
Claims14
Set finishing and stacking apparatus comprising:
- means providing a sheet assembly station for receiving sheets fed into the apparatus, a finishing station, stacker means associated with said finishing station, said finishing station including means for stapling sets of sheets, and said assembly station including a pivoted shelf for receiving the trailing ends of sheets supplied thereto to form a set with the leading ends of said sheets supported on said stacker or previous set of sheets, means for pivoting said shelf to drop said trailing ends of said sets of sheets towards said stacker means, and means for returning said shelf to a sheet receiving position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.