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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:
Oct. 10, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1994
Kay E Metcalf, Albion, NY (US);
Robert W Corbin, Fairport, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A dual path sheet feeder is disclosed including a dual mode sheet feeding tray for selectively delivering sheets from a sheet feeding module to either a printer processing module or to a finishing module, wherein a movable gate situated adjacent to the sheet feeding tray is provided for directing sheets along a predetermined path of travel. The movable gate is selectively positionable between a first position for directing the sheets to the processing module to produce copy sheets prior to delivering the copy sheets to the finishing module and a second position for directing the sheets directly to the finishing module to bypass the processing module to provide an insert sheet. The dual path sheet feeder is contemplated for use in conjunction with a high speed electrostatographic printing machine for providing flexible paper supply options without the additional burden of providing supplemental dedicated sheet feeding trays.