Photocopying – Contact printing – Light boxes
Patent
1991-06-06
1993-06-22
Picard, Leo P.
Photocopying
Contact printing
Light boxes
271287, G03G 2100
Patent
active
052219534
ABSTRACT:
A copying apparatus with a sorter having a plurality of bins and a stapler for stapling sheets distributed to each of the bins. The stapler has a sensor for detecting staples. The stapler is moved along the bins and stopped at a side of each bin to staple the sheets stored in the bin. When the sensor detects no staples in the stapler, the position of the stapler is stored in a memory, and then the stapler is returned to a home position. After the stapler is loaded with staples, the stapler is moved to the position stored in the memory. The sorter has a counter for counting staples in the stapler, and a count value of the counter is compared with the number of copy sets to be made. When the number of copy sets is larger than the count value, an alarm is raised. Further, the copying apparatus has an automatic document feeder for feeding originals to an exposure position one by one, and the automatic document feeder counts the originals before copying. The stapler is moved to a bin which will receive a first made copy of a last original, which depends on the number of originals, before stapling.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4361393 (1982-11-01), Noto
patent: 4523750 (1985-06-01), Hubler
patent: 4864350 (1989-09-01), Ishiguro et al.
Horgan Christopher
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
Picard Leo P.
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