Copying machine with collating apparatus
US4330200A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 24, 1980 |
| Grant date | May 18, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 24, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00911
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A copying machine equipped with a collator for distributing copy sheets fed thereto from a copying machine body into its multiple bins and, upon the lapse of a determined period of time after a copying operation, changing the operating mode from a collation mode or an assortment mode, which may have been selected in the use of the collator, automatically to a normal copying mode. The collator is provided with a bin sheet sensor adapted to detect sheets in the bins thereof. The copying machine is also provided with means for cancelling the automatic mode changing function when the bin sheet sensor detects a sheet or sheets, that is, when the bins of the collator are not entirely empty.
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