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Cut sheet and computer form document output tray unit

  • US 5,081,487 A
  • Filed: 01/25/1991
  • Issued: 01/14/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/25/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a document imaging apparatus in which both conventional cut sheet documents and computer form web fan-folded documents are fed to an imaging station accessible at the upper surface of said imaging apparatus and then said documents are fed in an output path from said imaging station to a documents catch tray system for automatic document restacking, the improvement in said documents catch tray system comprising:

  • a common shared restacking catch tray area adapted to receive both cut sheet documents and computer form web fan-folded documents,said common shared restacking catch tray area being adjacent said imaging station at the upper surface of said imaging apparatus,said common shared restacking catch tray area being pivotable between a first position at a preferred tray angle for restacking cut sheet documents thereon and a second position at a different preferred angle for fan-fold restacking of a computer form web thereon;

    and an upper baffle unit at least partially overlying said output path from said imaging station to said restacking catch tray area,said upper baffle unit being pivotable between a first position for guiding cut sheet documents into said restacking catch tray area for stacking, and a second, raised, position for guiding a computer form web arcuately into said restacking catch tray area for fan-fold restacking.

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