Moving shelf set finishing mailbox
AssigneeGradco (Japan) Ltd.
InventorPeter M Coombs
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Abstract
A moving shelf set finishing mailbox has a plurality of trays vertically movable by rotatable cams to opposite sides of a sheet inlet location from which sheets are supplied serially from a copier or printer, the sheets being supported at their trailing edge on a shelf integral with the tray and their forward ends being supported by the tray and by any underlying sheets. The trays are sequentially or randomly moved by the rotary cams and when randomly moved, the apparatus functions as a mailbox in which the sheets are stapled while the trailing edges are supported on the shelf and the sets are moved by pushers from the shelf by pushers so that the trailing end of the sets are finally supported by the tray.
Claims12
In a set finishing machine having a plurality of trays vertically movable to positions above and below a sheet inlet location, the improvement wherein each tray has integral therewith an L-shaped shelf for receiving the trailing ends of sheets supplied thereto at said inlet location and a tray section extending outwardly and upwardly at an angle to a location above said shelf for supporting the leading ends of the sheets, means for horizontally displacing the sets from said shelf onto said tray, and means for selectively stapling sets of sheets on said shelves prior to displacement of the sets therefrom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.