Typewriting machines – Means auxiliary to typewriting function
Patent
1998-06-29
1999-07-20
Burr, Edgar
Typewriting machines
Means auxiliary to typewriting function
400625, 271209, B65H 2926
Patent
active
059248084
ABSTRACT:
A tray for use with printer, copier, facsimile machine or any other device from which sheets of paper are expelled and which is arranged to be located on a support surface, e.g., a table, desk, etc., having an edge. The tray may be formed so that it is collapsible and arranged to be stored in a collapsed state in a flat container. Whether collapsible or not the tray is arranged to be releasably mounted on the support surface adjacent and completely below the device to collect the sheets of paper expelled from the device. The tray has a basket section, an anchor section, and an intermediate support section. The anchor section is arranged to be located on the support surface under the device so that the weight of the device holds it in place. The intermediate support section is hingedly connected to the anchor section and overhangs the edge of the support surface when the tray is in place. The basket section is hingedly connected to the intermediate support section so that it is suspended from the intermediate support section and overhangs the edge of the support surface. The basket section has a wedge shaped interior bounded by a front wall extending at an angle to vertical when said basket section is suspended overhanging the edge of the support surface. The tray is adjustable with respect to the device when suspended so that the first sheet of paper expelled from the device drops directly into said hollow interior of the basket section and rests against its front wall and the next successive sheet drops into the hollow interior and rests against the first sheet. Successive sheets drop into the basket section in a similar manner to form a collated stack of sheets of paper. A backer panel may be provided to be releasably secured to the basket section to hold the basket section at a desired orientation of its front wall.
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Burr Edgar
Nguyen Anthony H.
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