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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1999
Eric Bacher, Pully, CH;
Giuseppe Bortolotti, Yverdon, CH;
Olivetti Tecnost S.p.A., Ivrea, IT;
Abstract
A multifunction terminal is suitable for performing the functions of printing, scanning, copying, fax transmission and reception and/or sorting of documents. It comprises feeding stations ( ) for the sheets and the originals, a feeding path ( ) with a printer ( ) and a data reader ( ), and a reception assembly ( ) mounted pivotingly on a frame ( ) and comprising reception holders ( ) and intermediate storing trays ( ). The sheets and the originals are fed by feeding members ( ) into the storing trays, are retained there and displaced before being fed back into the feeding path where they are turned over for processing, printing, reading of their second face. Accordingly a multifunction terminal is obtained, which is simple to build, compact and reliable, providing a large number of duplex processing functions, all at a very moderate cost price.