Method and apparatus for removing waste sheets from a sheet...

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2005-12-22

2009-10-20

Crawford, Gene (Department: 3651)

Sheet-material associating

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C270S052060, C270S058070, C414S789100, C414S789300, C414S789400

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07604226

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for removing waste sheets from a sheet feed apparatus, removes waste sheets in a ergonomic manner. The bottom sheet or sheets from a stack of sheets is moved from an input hopper to a waste hopper. An accumulation of sheets in the waste hopper are rotated to an on-end orientation for convenient removal from the sheet feed apparatus. A conveyor may be provided to convey the on-end waste sheet out of the sheet feed apparatus. Sensors and alarms may be provided to modify a user when the waste sheet hopper is full. An interlock mechanism may be provided to prevent waste sheets from being added to the waste sheet hopper when it is full or tilted for sheet removal.

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