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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2000
David Emerson Greer, Lexington, KY (US);
William Joseph Thornhill, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A printer (,) exits paper sheet(s) onto a table (,) where they are stacked and bound by stapler (,). Curl in the sheets is controlled by eccentric guide (,), which has a high section (,) which moves over the sheet as they are moved across the table (by pusher,). The sheets are guided under clamp arm (,) by encountering the angled side (,) of clamp arm (,). In the embodiment the sheets are first moved backward against reference wall,(by pusher,), and they are moved (by pusher,) under clamp arm,until encountering reference wall,. The next sheet drops off of table,while a low section (,) of the guide is position toward the next exiting sheet. In this manner a group of sheets is formed into a regular stack and are bound by the stapler.