Automatic transfer from collate to noncollate modes of recirculating feeder and copier operation
US4078787A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 30, 1976 |
| Grant date | Mar 14, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 30, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B27/6264
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Recirculating feeders, operatively connected to a copier, can operate in collate or noncollate modes, i.e. produce collated or noncollated output copies. In the noncollate mode of operation, the recirculating feeder acts in a similar manner as a conventional document feeder. When an operator places only a single original document in the recirculating feeder and, mistakenly, the feeder and copier are in the collate mode of operation, the apparatus will automatically determine that there is only a single original document in the recirculating feeder and transfer the mode of operation from collate to noncollate.
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