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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1997
Paul Gustaaf van Veen, Venlo, NL;
Petrus Josephus van Bree, Someren, NL;
Johannes W van den Bercken, Venlo, NL;
Johannes M van Bekkem, Venlo, NL;
Oce-Nederland B.V., MA Venlo, NL;
Abstract
Sheet collecting device for the selective collection of sheets of different dimensions on a number of supports located below one another. Every support located below the uppermost support can be moved in a y-direction transversely of the x-direction in which sheets are fed onto the support, from a collection position in which the support is located substantially directly below the uppermost support and to an extraction position in which the support protrudes beyond the other supports. Every support can also be moved in the transverse y-direction between two collection positions which are displaced over a short distance in relation to one another in order to make a distinction between the sheets collected on the support. A warning light at every support warns a user not to move a support in use to its extraction position and to move a support in extraction position to the collection position when a sheet to be collected is fed in.