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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1999
Georg Boehmer, Munich, DE;
Joseph Dietl, Unterhaching, DE;
Hans Hahn, Unterhaching, DE;
Bernward Heller, Kirchheim, DE;
Hubert Mugrauer, Zorneding, DE;
Otto Olbrich, Taufkirchen, DE;
Reinhold Rigauer, Erding, DE;
Otto Rotheimer, Erding, DE;
Rudolf Seeberger, Lochham, DE;
Qce Printing Systems GmbH, Poing, DE;
Abstract
A printer or copier has a paper feeder provided with a plurality of compartments which hold paper for feeding the paper to the printer and a circuit to control conveying of the paper to the printer. The paper feeder includes a drive to move the paper from the paper compartments to a conveying path where it is carried to the printer. A branching portion is provided in the conveying path. Further paper feeders may be connected in series to the first paper feeder, each paper feeder having a plurality of paper compartments and feeding the paper out of a lower paper feed path to the next paper feeder device.