Dual function sheet feeder
US5496019A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 25, 1994 |
| Grant date | Mar 5, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 25, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00928
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A modular dual function sheet feeder/separator system for an electronic document imaging and printing system with an electronic document imaging station, a printing engine, an externally exposed sheet stacking tray, a sheet feeder/separator for separating and feeding documents from the sheet stacking tray, and at least two selectably different sheet feeding paths for the sheets stacked in the sheet stacking tray after they are separated and initially fed, the two sheet feeding paths being a first sheet path for feeding documents to the electronic document imaging station to be electronically imaged in a first operating mode and a second sheet path for feeding sheets to the printing engine in a second operating mode, and a sheet path selector for selecting between the first and second sheet paths in response to selecting between the first and second operating modes, wherein in the first operating mode the sheet stacking tray contains documents to be electronically imaged and the documents are fed through the first sheet path to be electronically imaged, and wherein in the second mode the sheet stacking tray contains special copy sheets which are fed by the second sheet path into the…
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