Apparatus for removing copies and/or documents from a machine

US5836576A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Felix Ebner · Göppingen, DE
• Ulrich Fischer · Ditzingen, DE
• Gerhard Glemser · Stuttgart, DE
• Peter Herbster · Stuttgart, DE
• Juergen Ries · Stuttgart, DE
• Helmut Stohrer · Ulm, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 8, 1996
• Grant date: Nov 17, 1998
• Expiry date: Oct 8, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H2801/27
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for removing copies and/or documents from a machine has a catch and removal tray (2) which can be extended telescopically out of the machine (1). The catch and removal tray (2) consists of a fixed section (3) inside the machine (1) and a movable section (4) which can be drawn out of the machine (1). The fixed section of the tray (3) acts as a catch tray for documents processed by the machine (1) and has a drive mechanism (6, 7, 19) which drives a sliding panel (5) which extends downwards into the fixed section of the tray (3) and which pushes the stack of documents (8) from the fixed section of the tray (3) into the extended movable section of the tray (4). The fixed section of the tray (3) has a photoelectric cell (20) which activates the sliding panel (5) when the stack of documents reaches the maximum height. Another sensor detects whether the movable section of the tray (4) is in the extended position and whether or not it is empty and sends an appropriate signal to a control unit which only sets the sliding panel (5) in motion when the movable section of the tray (4) is in the extended position and is empty.