Xerox Corporation

Leonard V Gates

Mark S Penke

William Theodore Clark, Iii

Hideyuki Matsubara

Robert E Kalvitis

Marland Chow

Chikako Sanaka

Richard C Blyth

Ian Hirst

Jeffrey J Masters

Copier with document handler and finisher

Document handler for copier or printer

A sheet feed apparatus for a copying machine comprises a cassette for holding a stack of sheets to be fed. The cassette is in the form of an open-topped housing containing a base plate for supporting the stack of sheets. A handle is provided which is coupled to a mechanism for raising, preferably tilting, at least part of the base plate right out of the cassette housing to facilitate loading sheets within the tight tolerances of the cassette housing. A rear registration guide and a pair of relatively small side guides are provided which do not impede stack loading but allow the stack to be positioned sufficiently accurately that when the handle--and hence the base plate--is lowered the stack is able to enter the cassette housing without further adjustment.

Sheet feed apparatus

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Widford Nr. Ware, United Kingdom

Leonard V Gates