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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
John R. Strutt, Shefford, GB;
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/44 ; B65H 5/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/44 ; B65H 5/26 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a sheet feeding apparatus for delivery of sheets from multiple sheet stores. The sheet feeding apparatus comprises a sheet feed member such as an endless belt having a plurality of movable sheet receiving surfaces. A plurality of sheet transfer mechanisms move sheets from the sheet stores, which may be stationary, onto the receiving surfaces. Once on the receiving surfaces, the sheets are transported toward a common delivery position such as the entrance to the common paper path of a reprographic print engine.