Modular output stackers for printers
US5810353A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 12, 1997 |
| Grant date | Sep 22, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2801/12
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A printer has one or more stacked sheet output units on top of it for increasing the printer's output capacity. Each unit includes a housing having a diverter as does the printer. The position of each diverter is controlled by a diverter/drive mechanism in the unit stacked on top of it. In its first position, the diverter of the printer or the unit diverts a fed sheet from a substantially vertical path therein to a sheet receiving area. In its second position, the diverter allows the fed sheet to be advanced by driven rolls to the unit thereabove. The feed rolls of a unit are driven only when the diverter in each of the printer and in any unit therebeneath are in the second position.
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