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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1990
Gary P Lawniczak, Rochester, NY (US);
Richard S Perriello, Rochester, NY (US);
Floyd E Stearns, Warsaw, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A restacking hopper assembly selectively restacks individual originals and fan-folded originals as the originals emerge from a document reproduction machine. The hopper assembly includes a base securable to the reproducing machine at a location on the reproducing machine were copied originals emerge from the reproducing machine and a tray having first and second ends. The tray is pivoted to the base at the second end thereof adjacent the lower end of the base and pivots between a first mode for restacking individual originals in the tray and a second mode for restacking fan-folded originals on the tray. Devices associated with the base respectively facilitate restacking of individual originals and feed fan-folded originals in the tray. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, the tray includes a slot proximate first end thereof for restacking individual originals therein and a surface between the first and second ends of the tray for restacking fan-folded originals thereon.