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US 7,395,744 B2Granted
Chad diverting apparatus
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorEric J. Connor
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Abstract
An apparatus for diverting chad in a paper printer including a paper supply, a cutting mechanism for cutting the paper perpendicular to the path of the paper and a diverter flap positioned downstream of the cutting mechanism, the diverter flap being biased to reside in a first position defining a first path for chad to travel to be delivered into a receptacle, the diverter flap moving to a second position when a cut sheet falls thereon thereby allowing the cut sheet to travel a second path into a receiving tray.
Claims8
An apparatus comprising:
- (a) a cutting mechanism for cutting the paper from the paper printer perpendicular to the path of the paper, said cutting mechanism being adapted to trim paper to produce both a cut sheet and a chad that weighs less than the cut sheet;
- (b) a diverter flap positioned downstream of the cutting mechanism;
- (c) a biasing member adapted to:
- (i) bias the diverter flap to a first position defining a first path for the chad that falls thereon to travel along, the weight of the chad being insufficient to overcome the bias,
- (ii) allow the diverter flap to be moved to a second position by the weight of the cut sheet falling thereon, thereby allowing the cut sheet to travel along a second path.
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