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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas F Cooper, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B42C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
270 53 ; 271293 ; 271294 ;
Abstract
An apparatus in which sheets are sorted in selected ones of a plurality of movable trays shiftable relative to one another. One edge of the trays is supported with the remaining edges thereof being unsupported. Successive trays move from one side of a sheet inlet region to the other side thereof with the trays shifting relative to one another to provide wide entry regions at the sheet inlet region and at a sheet securing region.