Copying machine having an active staple removing apparatus

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1996-01-11

1996-12-10

Smith, Matthew S.

Photocopying

Contact printing

Light boxes

227 63, 254 28, 355324, G03G 1500, B25C 1100

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055836283

ABSTRACT:
A convenience staple removing station in a portion of a frame of a reproduction machine for effectively and safely removing staples from a stapled set of document sheets. The staple removing station includes a recess and a tray for automatically receiving staples removed from stapled sets of document sheets. Importantly, the staple removing station includes an active movable staple removing apparatus including an actuatable movable staple extraction member having staple engaging tips for engaging, and applying a normal force to, a clinched staple in a stationarily positioned set of sheets, thereby pulling and removing the staple from the stationarily positioned set of sheets. The active staple removing apparatus further includes staple stripping members for automatically stripping and removing removed staples from the staple extraction member.

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patent: 3528643 (1970-09-01), Munson et al.
patent: 4473220 (1984-09-01), Hovens et al.
patent: 4903945 (1990-02-01), Wang

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