Very high speed duplicator with finishing function using dual copy set transports

Patent 4566782 Issued on January 28, 1986. Estimated Expiration Date:

December 22, 2003. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Xerox Corporation

Application

No. 06/564584 filed on 12/22/1983

US Classes:

399/374, Copying both sides of original270/58.14, Plural stackers271/287, Of successive sheets to plural receivers in succession355/24, Duplex399/383, Plural copies (from same original)399/403, Having collating399/410By staple

Examiners

Primary: Moses, R. L.
Assistant: Romano, C.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Chiama; Bernard A.

International Class

G03G 15/00 (20060101)

Abstract

A document handling apparatus/copy sheet processor/finishing apparatus arranged as an integrated system to produce bound copy sheets at high speed but with minimum mechanical activity by double exposing each document sheet, producing successive copy sheets in accordance with the exposure, distributing the successive copy sheets alternately into receiving trays and utilizing a set transport for each of the trays to bring copy sets alternately to a single point binding device.