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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2000
Vicente P. Nunes, Mississauga, CA;
Gary A. Faguy, Hamilton, CA;
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
In a multifunction printer with a print engine, an input tray for original document sheets to be imaged, an output tray for those document sheets, and a copy sheet output tray for copy sheets from the print engine. All three trays are vertically superposed over one another and over the print engine, without substantially extending laterally of the print engine, to provide improved access and a reduced footprint area for the printer. Preferably all three trays are provided by a single integral module providing a complete document handling unit, mounted on top of the print engine, with the copy sheet output tray on top. The copy sheet output tray may be an integral extension of the document handling unit. Preferably all three trays open towards the same side of the printer, above the print engine, so that the original document sheets and the copy sheets may all be conveniently accessed. The document handler may have a simple sheet transport path with a single large diameter sheet inverting and imaging station roller or drum for inverting the document sheets between the document input tray and the document output tray partially around that drum.