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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:
Aug. 20, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lawrence R Benedict, Marion, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271294 ; 270 58 ;
Abstract
An apparatus in which copy sheets are sorted into sets of copy sheets and positioned at a discharge region by trays mounted slidably on a frame in the finishing station of an electophotographic printing machine. Each tray has an entrance region and an exit region Copy sheets are received at the entrance region of the trays. Successive trays are moved to the set discharge region where completed sets of copy sheets are removed from the exit regions thereof.