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Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 1978

Filed:

Jun. 30, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:

Richard A Booth, Norwalk, CT (US);

Denis C Weil, Wilton, CT (US);

Daniel N Yanofsky, Jericho, NY (US);

Assignee:

Pitney-Bowes, Inc., Stamford, CT (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355 75 ; 271145 ; 271167 ; 355 51 ;
Abstract

Document handling device for placement onto an existing reciprocating document carriage of a photocopy machine to provide support for photocopying documents such as billing statement ledger cards. The document handling device is of one piece construction having a recessed inclined staging tray for storage of documents prior to photocopying, a steeply inclined surface portion with document retainer surface projections for separating and feeding of documents, a transparent document exposure access to coincide with a transport window of the reciprocating document carriage, and a recessed inclined stacker tray for storing documents which have been photocopied. The document handling device has two bottom projections to fit into existing indentations of the reciprocating document carriage and a cutout portion to accommodate a copy sheet length selector knob located on the reciprocating document carriage.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Booth, Richard. (1978). Document handling device (U.S. Patent No. 4068949). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4068949

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