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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 1994

Filed:

Dec. 29, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:

Robert A Street, Palo Alto, CA (US);

G A Connell, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358498 ; 358471 ; 358400 ; 358500 ; 348302 ; 348308 ; 2502081 ;
Abstract

A paper handling device, which uses a two-dimensional imaging sensor array, can quickly image a stack of documents. The two-dimensional array is positioned in direct contact with a document on top of the stack of documents. The sensor array images the document and is then lifted away from the page. The document is moved to an output tray. A first modification allows for recirculation of the documents for two-sided copying. A second modification, positions the sensor array above the documents in the output tray after the next document is moved from the input tray. With each of these designs, around one hundred pages can be imaged in less than a minute.


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