Sheet-material associating – Associating or disassociating – Signature associating
Patent
1993-09-30
1994-12-20
Look, Edward K.
Sheet-material associating
Associating or disassociating
Signature associating
B31B 168
Patent
active
053740432
ABSTRACT:
A finishing apparatus for receiving and attaching sets of sheet material in succession. A movable bin array including plurality of bins are provided for receiving the sheet in each individual bin. Rollers are provided for transporting a copy sheet to the finishing apparatus to one of each individual bin. Registration of the sheet is accomplished by the uphill nature of the each individual bin in the bin array sloping towards a registering portion of a gate assembly, and the action of a tamper mechanism registers the sheets. A stapling means having a cam that is radially urged moves in a plane substantially parallel to the orientation of the the bin array. The action of the cam drives the stapler means into a notched area of each individual bin positioned thereat so that registered sheet sets therein may be stapled in the notched area. The action of the stapler means also opens the gate on an adjacent bin so that a retaining gate on each individual bin are moved to an output of the way position enabling sheet sets therein to slide off each individual bin onto a guide support and into the output tray.
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Burger William R.
Mandel Barry P.
Bean II Lloyd F.
Look Edward K.
Ryznic John
Xerox Corporation
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