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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:
Feb. 08, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gregory P Mahoney, Fairport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ; B42B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355324 ; 270 53 ;
Abstract
A finishing apparatus for use with a host reproduction apparatus to form properly collated sets of copies produced by the reproduction apparatus. The finishing apparatus includes first and second stapling units each having a stapler head and a clincher head for stapling an edge of a stack of copy sheets. The stapler head of the first stapling unit and the clincher head of the second stapler unit are located to a first side of a stack member supporting a stack of sheets, and the clincher head of the first stapling unit and the stapler head of the second stapling unit are located on a second and opposite side of the stack supporting member.