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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1976
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1973
Sudarshan S Bains, Rochester, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
An improved collating apparatus for a high speed duplicator machine, including a set of collating bins for collating the copy sheets being produced by the machine, a set of collecting bins, means for releasing the collated sheets into the collecting bins. The bottom members of the collating bins are operable to open for releasing the collated sheets into the collecting bins whereby the collating bins are conditioned to be ready for a succeeding cycle of operation without interruption, if required. The apparatus may be also provided with vibrating means to jog the collated sheets to align the edges thereof for subsequent removal. The improved apparatus provides an increased throughput capacity to the machine, simplifies the mechanism and control circuitry involved and makes optimal utilization of the space provided for the machine.