SET FINISHING DEVICE HAVING A SINGLE MOTOR DRIVEN APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING THE SET FINISHING DEVICE IN A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT FINISHING STATIONS AND MOVING THE SET FINISHING DEVICE INTO AND OUT OF FINISHING POSITION
US6746008B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 21, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jun 8, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 2, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2408/122
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A set finishing apparatus and method adapted for use with an image producing machine discharging sheets of paper in sets that are arranged for finishing is disclosed which may comprise: a moveable set finishing unit having a home position and a plurality of set finishing station positions located generally along a longitudinal axis, and having at least at each finishing station position a retracted position and an operating position, with each respective finishing station retracted position and operating position displaced from each other generally orthogonally to the longitudinal axis; a drive motor having an output drive shaft; a translational drive mechanism comprising a rotating shaft mounted generally parallel to the to the longitudinal axis and operatively connected to the drive motor output drive shaft and adapted to rotate in a rotating direction in response to rotation of the drive motor output drive shaft in a rotating direction; and, the moveable set finishing station being operatively connected to the rotating shaft of the translational drive mechanism in such a way as to be moved sequentially through each of the set finishing station positions and returned to the home …
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