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US 6,293,543 B1Granted
Universal sheet receiver for stackers
AssigneeGradco (Japan) Ltd.
InventorFrederick J. Lawrence
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Abstract
Sheet receiving apparatus is disclosed for receiving paper sheets from a supply of printed sheets, aligning the sheets edgewise, dropping the sheets to a receiver tray through horizontally openable preliminary sheet supporting plates, the sets of sheets being either stacked in vertical alignment or horizontally offset relationship, and in one form means are provided for stapling the sets of sheets.
Claims10
Paper sheet receiving apparatus applicable to a printed paper sheet stacking machine having a paper sheet receiving tray vertically movable downwardly to receive printed paper sheets thereon comprising:
- means for locating the apparatus adjacent to the sheet outlet of a printed paper sheet reproducing machine to receive said sheets therefrom, means for receiving said sheets including a pair of plates reciprocable horizontally towards and away from one another, means for jogging said sheets relative to said pair of plates and reciprocable relative to said plates, and means including motors for independently reciprocating said sheet jogging means and said pair of plates whereby sheets are jogged while supported on said plate and dropped onto said sheet receiving tray when said plates are reciprocated away from one another.
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