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Paper stacker apparatus used with facsimile device

US6182964A · kind A · utility

8Cited by
3References
16Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 3, 1998
Grant dateFeb 6, 2001
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Expiry dateSep 3, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2513/50
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for dropping paper sheets at a predetermined paper-stack position when the paper sheets are ejected from a facsimile device includes a conveyor belt which carries the paper sheets, a housing, containing the conveyer belt, which is detachably installed on the facsimile device where the paper sheets are ejected from the facsimile device such that the conveyor belt extends from a paper outlet of the facsimile device to the predetermined paper-stack position, and a driving motor, driving the conveyor belt to carry the paper sheets, which starts operating about a time when the facsimile device starts a paper-ejection operation thereof and stops operating about a time when the facsimile device stops the paper-ejection operation thereof.

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