Printing assembly with continuous stock cutter and sheet feeder for feeding cut sheets to printer
First Claim
1. In a printing assembly having a discrete sheet printer with a discrete sheet supply tray and means for automatically transporting a discrete sheet from the supply tray to the printer for printing, the improvement being a continuous discrete sheet supply enhancement apparatus, comprising:
- an open tray for receipt through space of at least one discrete sheet;
means for cutting a supply of continuous stock into discrete sheets;
means for transferring a free end of the continuous stock to the cutting means at a feed-in speed; and
means for ejecting a discrete sheet cut from the free end of the continuous stock away from the cutting means with a falling trajectory, through space, that moves the discrete sheets into the open tray for operative engagement with the discrete sheet transporting means of the printer,said ejecting means including means for ejecting the discrete sheets into space at a feed-out speed greater than the feed-in speed, andsaid feed-out speed being sufficiently greater than the feed-in speed to create a gap through space between successive discrete sheets, said gap being of sufficient gap width to enable each discrete sheet to fall sufficiently in its falling trajectory before a next successive sheet is ejected to avoid collision between successively ejected discrete sheets.
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Abstract
A printing assembly (10) having a printer (30) and a single sheet transport mechanism (22) for automatically transporting discrete sheets seriatim from within a tray held in a tray receptacle (32) to the printer and a discrete sheet load enhancement apparatus with a holder (24) of an auxiliary supply of printable stock (18), a removable open tray (20) with a feed opening (40) accessible for receipt of discrete sheets (14) of printable stock fed within the feed opening while releasably mounted within the tray receptacle and a continuous discrete sheet feeder and producer (16) for automatically feeding the sheets (14) seriatim from the separate supply of printable stock (18) through the feed opening (40) into the removable open tray (20).
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5 Claims
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1. In a printing assembly having a discrete sheet printer with a discrete sheet supply tray and means for automatically transporting a discrete sheet from the supply tray to the printer for printing, the improvement being a continuous discrete sheet supply enhancement apparatus, comprising:
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an open tray for receipt through space of at least one discrete sheet; means for cutting a supply of continuous stock into discrete sheets; means for transferring a free end of the continuous stock to the cutting means at a feed-in speed; and means for ejecting a discrete sheet cut from the free end of the continuous stock away from the cutting means with a falling trajectory, through space, that moves the discrete sheets into the open tray for operative engagement with the discrete sheet transporting means of the printer, said ejecting means including means for ejecting the discrete sheets into space at a feed-out speed greater than the feed-in speed, and said feed-out speed being sufficiently greater than the feed-in speed to create a gap through space between successive discrete sheets, said gap being of sufficient gap width to enable each discrete sheet to fall sufficiently in its falling trajectory before a next successive sheet is ejected to avoid collision between successively ejected discrete sheets. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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