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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masakazu Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Shun Mizutani, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Umehara, Yokohama, JP;
Bradford Billings, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Assignee:
Gradco (Japan) Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271-401 ; 271298 ; 271303 ; 271902 ;
Abstract
A base cabinet for an electronic printer has facilities for feeding sheets of paper from the base to a printer resting on the base and selectively for a) returning printed sheets to the base for stacking; b) inverting printed sheets exiting the printer and passing them to a receiver; c) passing sheets or envelopes exiting the printer straight through to a receiving tray; and d) feeding sheets exiting the printer upwardly to a sorter or mailbox.