Cut sheet and computer form document output tray unit

Details Cut sheet and computer form document output tray unit Cut sheet and computer form document output tray unit

1991-01-25

1992-01-14

Hayes, Monroe H.

Photocopying

Projection printing and copying cameras

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355321, 271213, G03B 2762

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050814877

ABSTRACT:
In a document imaging apparatus in which documents are fed to an imaging station and then fed to a documents catch tray system for automatic document restacking, there is provided a common, shared, restacking catch tray receiving either cut sheet documents or computer form (CF) web documents at the upper surface of the imaging apparatus, rather than dropping the CF web down to a tray below the end of the apparatus. This dual mode restacking catch tray is pivotable from a first position at a generally horizontal tray angle for restacking cut sheet documents into a second position at a preferred angle for fan-folding a computer form web. There is also an upper baffle unit partially overlying the output path to the restacking area, which is pivotable between a first position for planarly guiding cut sheet documents, and a second, raised, position for guiding a computer form web arcuately and then downwardly into the restacking area with an integral CF guide baffle. This upper baffle unit desirably includes an integral gate which automatically selectively gates documents onto two different paths segments, below or over the guide baffle, which gate may be provided by one end of the guide baffle.

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