Sheet distribution method

Details Sheet distribution method Sheet distribution method

1980-09-24

1984-05-01

Stoner, Jr., Bruce H.

Sheet feeding or delivering

Delivering

Multiple discharge

271296, B65H 3911

Patent

active

044456808

ABSTRACT:
A sheet distribution method for collating a plurality of sets of copies produced by a copying machine into respective bins of a collating apparatus operatively connected to the copying machine, each set of copies consisting of one copy of each respective page of an original document, includes the steps of providing a first display unit, displaying a total number of sets of copies to be produced and collated on the first display unit, computing whether the total number of sets is greater than a number of available bins in the collating apparatus, when the total number of sets is smaller than the number of available bins, collating the sets of copies into the respective bins in a single collation operation, when the total number of sets is greater than the number of available bins, collating the sets of copies into the respective bins in a plurality of successive collation operations, providing a second display unit, during collation of a page of the document by the collating apparatus, computing a total number of copies of the page which have been collated, and displaying the total number of copies on the second display unit. The total number of copies is obtained by counting a number of copies of the page which have been collated during a present collation operation to provide a count, computing a previous number of sets of copies which were collated during previous collation operations and adding the count to the previous number of sets to provide the total number of copies.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3830590 (1974-08-01), Harris et al.
patent: 4200386 (1980-04-01), Queener
patent: 4285508 (1981-08-01), Kaneko

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