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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2005
Douglas K. Herrmann, Webster, NY (US);
Richard V. Williams, Rochester, NY (US);
Steven D. Olson, Rochester, NY (US);
Douglas K. Herrmann, Webster, NY (US);
Richard V. Williams, Rochester, NY (US);
Steven D. Olson, Rochester, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
In a sheet stacking and unloading system in which sheets are stacked on a stacking tray which is then moved from its sheet stacking position to an unloading position for removing the sheet stack from the stacking tray, and the stacking tray has a sheet stacking surface partially interrupted by at least one handhold area for allowing manual lifting access underneath a portion of a stack, there is automatically inserted into the handhold area at least one supplemental sheet stack supporting member to provide supplemental sheet stacking support, preventing the sheets from sagging in those areas, which supplemental sheet stack supporting member is automatically removed from the handhold area when the stacking tray is moved to its unloading position.