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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:
Jul. 22, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 01, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frederick J Lawrence, Tustin, CA (US);
Assignee:
Gradco (Japan) Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
270 5812 ; 270 5813 ; 270 5827 ; 270 5828 ;
Abstract
A continuous sheet stacker and finisher apparatus and method are disclosed in which sets of sheets delivered from a sheet printer or copier are collected at an assembly station, moved to a stapling position and finished prior to deposit on a stack of previously finished sets. The set assembling continues during movement of a previously collected set to the stapling station and then to a stacker in which the finished sets are collected during the period of time that a printer or copier is supplying a new set of sheets to the sheet assembly station.