CA1127589A - Sorting apparatus for collating simplex and duplex copies - Google Patents
Sorting apparatus for collating simplex and duplex copiesInfo
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- G—PHYSICS
- G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
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- G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
- G03G15/65—Apparatus which relate to the handling of copy material
- G03G15/6538—Devices for collating sheet copy material, e.g. sorters, control, copies in staples form
- G03G15/6547—Shifting sets of sheets in the discharge tray
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
- B65H29/58—Article switches or diverters
- B65H29/60—Article switches or diverters diverting the stream into alternative paths
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H39/00—Associating, collating, or gathering articles or webs
- B65H39/10—Associating articles from a single source, to form, e.g. a writing-pad
- B65H39/105—Associating articles from a single source, to form, e.g. a writing-pad in rotary carriers
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- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H2404/00—Parts for transporting or guiding the handled material
- B65H2404/60—Other elements in face contact with handled material
- B65H2404/65—Other elements in face contact with handled material rotating around an axis parallel to face of material and perpendicular to transport direction, e.g. star wheel
- B65H2404/658—Means for introducing material on elements
- B65H2404/6582—Means for introducing material on elements multiple, i.e. for introducing material selectively, alternatively or simultaneously at different angular positions at the periphery
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H2405/00—Parts for holding the handled material
- B65H2405/30—Other features of supports for sheets
- B65H2405/35—Means for moving support
- B65H2405/351—Means for moving support shifting transversely to transport direction, e.g. for handling stepped piles
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- G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
- G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
- G03G2215/00—Apparatus for electrophotographic processes
- G03G2215/00362—Apparatus for electrophotographic processes relating to the copy medium handling
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Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
Sorting apparatus for collating both simplex or side one up and duplex or side two up copies from a copying machine. The sorting apparatus includes tray assemblies arranged axially of a rotatable member adapted to rotate in clockwise and counterclockwise directions. A convayor transprots sheets toward a first or second feed zone adjacent the path of the tray assemblies. The direction of the tray assemblies and feed zone selected depend on the sorting mode of operation desired by the machine operator. The copy sets are unloaded at a gate into a tray member which is slideably reciprocated on receiving alternate sets to stagger the sets into separately indentifiable stacks in the tray member.
Sorting apparatus for collating both simplex or side one up and duplex or side two up copies from a copying machine. The sorting apparatus includes tray assemblies arranged axially of a rotatable member adapted to rotate in clockwise and counterclockwise directions. A convayor transprots sheets toward a first or second feed zone adjacent the path of the tray assemblies. The direction of the tray assemblies and feed zone selected depend on the sorting mode of operation desired by the machine operator. The copy sets are unloaded at a gate into a tray member which is slideably reciprocated on receiving alternate sets to stagger the sets into separately indentifiable stacks in the tray member.
Description
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This invention relates to apparatus for sorting copies advanced from a high speed copier/duplicator into collated sets in both simplex and duplex modes of operation.
In copier/duplicator systems sorters normally include bin modular units with a multitude of trays as described in U. S.
Patent Nos. 3,561,754, 3,356,362, 2,876,008, 2,951,697, and 3,076,647. These sorters are suitable for sorting and collating copy sheets bearing information on one side only, but are not entirely satisfactory for sorting and collating copy sheets bearing information on either one or both sides referred to as duplexing.
The present invention is, generally speaking, a sorter/
collator adapted for universal usage with the copier/duplicator of aLl types including simplex and duplex modes of operation.
More than this the invention does not require an inverter device which is used to invert sheets for different sorting modes of operations.
In accordance with the present teachings there is provided an improved sorting apparatus for sorting in either simplex or duplex modes of operation for combination with a copier/duplicator machine which would produce simplex and duplex copy sheets. A rotatable member supported in a frame with an array of tray members arranged axially of the rotatable member is provided. A drive means is provided for rotating the rotatable member in one direction when sorting simplex copies from the machine and in the opposite direction when sorting duplex copies.
A conveyor means is provided having a deflector member for direct-ing copy sheets towards one feed zone adjacent the path of the tray members on one side and another feed zone adjacent the path of the tray members on the other side with control means for supplying signals to the drive means and the deflector member to rotate the tray member in a pre-determined direction and direct sheets to a selected feed zone depending on whether simplex or _ _ ,~
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duplex sorting mode of operation :is desired.
According to another aspect of this invention there is provided a sheet receiving apparatus for a reproducing machine, said sheets having a first and opposing face, said apparatus comprising: a plurality of sheet receiving bins, arranged radially on a drum member, said bins including first and second side members for supporting a sheet in said bin, means for moving said side members between a first orientation in which said sheets in said bins are supported by said first side members with said first face exposed, and a second - orientation in which said sheets in said bins are supported by said second side member with said opposing face exposed, and means for conveying said sheets to said binS-The above and added advantages of the present invention will be more apparent after reading the following detailed description which refers to accom-panying drawings in which:-Figure 1 is a schematic view of a xerographic copier/duplicator machine of the type used with the sorting -2a-....~.
~Z75~19 apparatus according to the present invention;
Figure 2 is a side view of sorting apparatus according to the present invention; and Figure 3 is an exploded view illustrating staggered and separately identifiable collated sets in the receiving tray.
Figure 1 shows a schematic of the copier/duplicator system including a copier machine which is a high speed copier/
duplicator capable of producing simplex or duplex copies at the option of a machine operator. The copier machine has a platen 4 for receiving documen~s to be reproduced, and a control panel 5 (Fig. 2) which includes various control knobs, buttons, and switches for selecting various modes of operation such as simplex and duplex copies and the number of copies to be reproduced. In accordance with the invention, the copier/duplicator system includes a sorting apparatus 6 having tray assemblies 7 (Fig. 2).
The copier/duplicator system includes an automatic xerographic apparatus which includes a photosensitive plate including a photoconductive layer 10 that is placed over a conductive backing. The plate is formed in the shape of a drum 11 and the drum mounted upon a shaft 12 that is journaled for rotation in the machine frame. Basically, the xerographic drum is rotated in the direction indicated so as to pass sequentially through a series of xerographic processing stations. The photo-sensitive drum and the xerographic processing apparatus are driven at predetermined speeds relative to each other from a drive system (not shown) and the operation thereof coordinated in order to produce ~oper cooperation of the various processing mechanisms.
~Z75~,9 Thc original, to be re roduced, is E~laced upon a trans~arant horizoIItall~ suppor~ed plat~.l 4 and the original scanned by meana o a moving optical scannillg syst~m and to produce a flowing light i~age of the original. The scanning system includes an eloll~ated horizon~al extenc1ecl aperture lamp 15 and a ~oveable lens element 1~.
The lamp and lens elelnent moves in coordination across the object supported upon the platen to fOcuâ successive lncremental bans of illumination reflected rrom the object onto the moving drum surface at synchronous sp~eds therewith. Tne optical path is folded by means of a pair of image mirrors 19 and 20 interposed bet~.een the lens and the drum surface, the drum is first uniformly charged by means of a corona generator 13 positioned on charging station A. Under the influence of the flowing light image, the uniformly - charged photoconductive surface is selectively dissipated in the non-ima~e areas to form what is commonly known as a "latent electrostatic image".
The latent electrostatic image is carried on the drum surface from the exposure station into the developing station C. The developing station primarily is comprised of a developer housing 22 adapted to support a supply of two-component developer material 21 therein. The developer material is transported by means of a buc~et system 23 from the bottom of the developer housing to an elevated position where the material is delivered into the active developement zone.
The developer material is caused to flow downwardly in contact with the upwardly moving drum surface under closely ; controlled conditions wherein charged toner particles are attracted from the developer mix into the image areas on the ~27~9 plate surface thus mal-~ins t`~ ,e viai~lt.
The ~oving drum sur ~ ce n2,-:t transports the de-veloped xerographic image to trar.sfer station D. Cut sheets of final support materi-ai a~e also m~ved into the trans-fer station, the backside of tl_ copy sheet is sprayed with anion discharge frorn a transfer co-o~ron 25 inducing on the sheet a charge having a polari'y and magnitude sufficient to attract the toner material ~rom the drum surface to the final support material. Thia induced charge also electro-statically tacks the final support material to the drum sur-face. In order to remove the copy sheet from the drum surface a stripper finger 2~ is positicned downstream from the trans-fer corotron. The finger is arranged to move between the drum surface and the copy shee. and lifts the sheet from the drum surface and the copy sheet is directed along a predeter-mined path of travel into contact with a stationary vacuum transport 29.
Although a preponderance of the toner material is transferred from the drum surface to the copy sheet during the transfer process, invariably some residual toner remains behind on the drum surface a~te~ transfer. This residual toner is transported on the drum surface into a cleaning station E where it is brougnt ur.der the influence of a cleaning corotron 30 adapted to neutral ze tle electrostatic charge tending to hold the residual toner to the drum surface.
~he neutralized toner is mechanicaily cleaned from the drum surface by means of a blade or the like and the toner collected within a housing 31. A conveyor moving in an endless loop through tubes 32 transports the collected residual toner back to -the developer housing ~here it is deposited 1~27~i~39 witilin t;le c'evelop r mix so that it can be once agains re-used in tne ~eroc;ra~"hic developing process.
The copy sheet, which has been removed from the drum surface after t;~e transfer operation, is moved alony sta~ionary ~ransport 29 into fusing station F. The fuser 33 is basic~lly made up of an upper fuser roll 34 and a lower fuser roll 35 mounted in 03erative relation to each other and arranged to coact so as to support a shee-t oE material in pressure driving contact therebetween. The lower roll is heated. As the heated roll is rotated in the direction in-dicated tne heated surface of the lower roll is pressed into intimate contact with the image face of the support sheet.
~echanical and heat energy transported from the roll surface to the support sheet permanently bond the toner par-ticles to the support material.
Upon leaving the fuser, the fixed copy sheet ispassed througn a curvalinear sheet guide system, generally ; referred to as 39, into cooperating advancing rolls 43 and 44. At tnis point, d~pending on whether simplex or duplex mode of operation is se ccted, the copy sheet is either forwa-ded directly to the sorter or into the upper supply tray 52 by means of a moveable sheet guide 45 before entering the sorter, respectively.
It is believed that the foregoing description is sufficient for purposes of the present application to show the general operation of a xerographic reproducing machine.
For a more detailed explanation of the copier/duplicator xerographic components reference is made to U. S. Patent ~o.
3,645,615 entitled Copying Apparatus.
Sorting apparatus 6 comprises a transport assembly ~Z7~
101 which includes a ~ransport 105 an~ 10/ for transporting simpleY. or side one up and duplex side two up copy sheets from the xerographic processing apparatus into different sheet feed zones 110 and 112, respectively. A deflector gate mem~er 115 serves to direct sheets towards sheet dis-charge zone 110 when actuated in one position and towards transport 107 and sheet discharge zone 112 when actuated in another position. The actuation of gate member 115 is controlled by any suitable device such as a solenoid which is energized when selecting the desired sorting mode of operation on control panel 5.
Sheet discharge zones 110 and 112 are arranged to feed sheets into tray assemblies 7 mounted~ y on a rotatable member 130. Rotatable member 130 is mounted on the frame to rotate in both clockwise and counterclockwise directions de-pending on the sorting mode of operation. It should be under-stood that the sorting could be accomplished with the tray assemblles rotating in one direction only, but this would require more time. Rotatable member 130 is driven by a re-versible motor (not shown) which drives member 130 in a pre-determined direction accordir.g to the mode of selection on the control panel. The drive may be incremental or continuous as desired. By ,his structure the sheets are collated and sorted for both simplex and duplex modes of operation.
The tray assemblies have one or more bands or guides 135 for retaining the collated sheets until they are in a position adjacent an unloading tray 140 where a gate member 142 releases the collated set of sheets, during the unloading cycle which follows the sorting cycle, with signals supplied to a gate actuator 145. Unloading tray 140 is slideably mounted on guides and is adapted to move in reciprocating fashion upon ~Z75~39 receiving each set of copy sheets ~rom a tray assembly. Any suitable drive can be used or this purpose as a drive motor 150~ sy this structure a set separa~ion of the copy sets in~o staggered identifiable stacks is accom~lished (Fiy. 3).
In operation for simplex sorting the copy sheets are transported with side one up by transport 105 and directed towards sheet discharcJe zone 112 which feeds them into the tray assemblies 7 moving in a cloc~wise direction. In the case of duplex sorting the sheets are directed with side 1 face down and side 2 face up towards sheet discharge zone 110 which feeds c o u~ ~ rc /oc k i 5 ~
them into the tray assemblies moving in a cloc];~i3c direction.
While there have been shown and described and pointed out the fundamental novel features of the invention as applied to a preferred embodiment, it will be understood that various omissions and substitutions and changes in the form and details of the device illustrated and in its operation may be made by those s~illed in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention.
This invention relates to apparatus for sorting copies advanced from a high speed copier/duplicator into collated sets in both simplex and duplex modes of operation.
In copier/duplicator systems sorters normally include bin modular units with a multitude of trays as described in U. S.
Patent Nos. 3,561,754, 3,356,362, 2,876,008, 2,951,697, and 3,076,647. These sorters are suitable for sorting and collating copy sheets bearing information on one side only, but are not entirely satisfactory for sorting and collating copy sheets bearing information on either one or both sides referred to as duplexing.
The present invention is, generally speaking, a sorter/
collator adapted for universal usage with the copier/duplicator of aLl types including simplex and duplex modes of operation.
More than this the invention does not require an inverter device which is used to invert sheets for different sorting modes of operations.
In accordance with the present teachings there is provided an improved sorting apparatus for sorting in either simplex or duplex modes of operation for combination with a copier/duplicator machine which would produce simplex and duplex copy sheets. A rotatable member supported in a frame with an array of tray members arranged axially of the rotatable member is provided. A drive means is provided for rotating the rotatable member in one direction when sorting simplex copies from the machine and in the opposite direction when sorting duplex copies.
A conveyor means is provided having a deflector member for direct-ing copy sheets towards one feed zone adjacent the path of the tray members on one side and another feed zone adjacent the path of the tray members on the other side with control means for supplying signals to the drive means and the deflector member to rotate the tray member in a pre-determined direction and direct sheets to a selected feed zone depending on whether simplex or _ _ ,~
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duplex sorting mode of operation :is desired.
According to another aspect of this invention there is provided a sheet receiving apparatus for a reproducing machine, said sheets having a first and opposing face, said apparatus comprising: a plurality of sheet receiving bins, arranged radially on a drum member, said bins including first and second side members for supporting a sheet in said bin, means for moving said side members between a first orientation in which said sheets in said bins are supported by said first side members with said first face exposed, and a second - orientation in which said sheets in said bins are supported by said second side member with said opposing face exposed, and means for conveying said sheets to said binS-The above and added advantages of the present invention will be more apparent after reading the following detailed description which refers to accom-panying drawings in which:-Figure 1 is a schematic view of a xerographic copier/duplicator machine of the type used with the sorting -2a-....~.
~Z75~19 apparatus according to the present invention;
Figure 2 is a side view of sorting apparatus according to the present invention; and Figure 3 is an exploded view illustrating staggered and separately identifiable collated sets in the receiving tray.
Figure 1 shows a schematic of the copier/duplicator system including a copier machine which is a high speed copier/
duplicator capable of producing simplex or duplex copies at the option of a machine operator. The copier machine has a platen 4 for receiving documen~s to be reproduced, and a control panel 5 (Fig. 2) which includes various control knobs, buttons, and switches for selecting various modes of operation such as simplex and duplex copies and the number of copies to be reproduced. In accordance with the invention, the copier/duplicator system includes a sorting apparatus 6 having tray assemblies 7 (Fig. 2).
The copier/duplicator system includes an automatic xerographic apparatus which includes a photosensitive plate including a photoconductive layer 10 that is placed over a conductive backing. The plate is formed in the shape of a drum 11 and the drum mounted upon a shaft 12 that is journaled for rotation in the machine frame. Basically, the xerographic drum is rotated in the direction indicated so as to pass sequentially through a series of xerographic processing stations. The photo-sensitive drum and the xerographic processing apparatus are driven at predetermined speeds relative to each other from a drive system (not shown) and the operation thereof coordinated in order to produce ~oper cooperation of the various processing mechanisms.
~Z75~,9 Thc original, to be re roduced, is E~laced upon a trans~arant horizoIItall~ suppor~ed plat~.l 4 and the original scanned by meana o a moving optical scannillg syst~m and to produce a flowing light i~age of the original. The scanning system includes an eloll~ated horizon~al extenc1ecl aperture lamp 15 and a ~oveable lens element 1~.
The lamp and lens elelnent moves in coordination across the object supported upon the platen to fOcuâ successive lncremental bans of illumination reflected rrom the object onto the moving drum surface at synchronous sp~eds therewith. Tne optical path is folded by means of a pair of image mirrors 19 and 20 interposed bet~.een the lens and the drum surface, the drum is first uniformly charged by means of a corona generator 13 positioned on charging station A. Under the influence of the flowing light image, the uniformly - charged photoconductive surface is selectively dissipated in the non-ima~e areas to form what is commonly known as a "latent electrostatic image".
The latent electrostatic image is carried on the drum surface from the exposure station into the developing station C. The developing station primarily is comprised of a developer housing 22 adapted to support a supply of two-component developer material 21 therein. The developer material is transported by means of a buc~et system 23 from the bottom of the developer housing to an elevated position where the material is delivered into the active developement zone.
The developer material is caused to flow downwardly in contact with the upwardly moving drum surface under closely ; controlled conditions wherein charged toner particles are attracted from the developer mix into the image areas on the ~27~9 plate surface thus mal-~ins t`~ ,e viai~lt.
The ~oving drum sur ~ ce n2,-:t transports the de-veloped xerographic image to trar.sfer station D. Cut sheets of final support materi-ai a~e also m~ved into the trans-fer station, the backside of tl_ copy sheet is sprayed with anion discharge frorn a transfer co-o~ron 25 inducing on the sheet a charge having a polari'y and magnitude sufficient to attract the toner material ~rom the drum surface to the final support material. Thia induced charge also electro-statically tacks the final support material to the drum sur-face. In order to remove the copy sheet from the drum surface a stripper finger 2~ is positicned downstream from the trans-fer corotron. The finger is arranged to move between the drum surface and the copy shee. and lifts the sheet from the drum surface and the copy sheet is directed along a predeter-mined path of travel into contact with a stationary vacuum transport 29.
Although a preponderance of the toner material is transferred from the drum surface to the copy sheet during the transfer process, invariably some residual toner remains behind on the drum surface a~te~ transfer. This residual toner is transported on the drum surface into a cleaning station E where it is brougnt ur.der the influence of a cleaning corotron 30 adapted to neutral ze tle electrostatic charge tending to hold the residual toner to the drum surface.
~he neutralized toner is mechanicaily cleaned from the drum surface by means of a blade or the like and the toner collected within a housing 31. A conveyor moving in an endless loop through tubes 32 transports the collected residual toner back to -the developer housing ~here it is deposited 1~27~i~39 witilin t;le c'evelop r mix so that it can be once agains re-used in tne ~eroc;ra~"hic developing process.
The copy sheet, which has been removed from the drum surface after t;~e transfer operation, is moved alony sta~ionary ~ransport 29 into fusing station F. The fuser 33 is basic~lly made up of an upper fuser roll 34 and a lower fuser roll 35 mounted in 03erative relation to each other and arranged to coact so as to support a shee-t oE material in pressure driving contact therebetween. The lower roll is heated. As the heated roll is rotated in the direction in-dicated tne heated surface of the lower roll is pressed into intimate contact with the image face of the support sheet.
~echanical and heat energy transported from the roll surface to the support sheet permanently bond the toner par-ticles to the support material.
Upon leaving the fuser, the fixed copy sheet ispassed througn a curvalinear sheet guide system, generally ; referred to as 39, into cooperating advancing rolls 43 and 44. At tnis point, d~pending on whether simplex or duplex mode of operation is se ccted, the copy sheet is either forwa-ded directly to the sorter or into the upper supply tray 52 by means of a moveable sheet guide 45 before entering the sorter, respectively.
It is believed that the foregoing description is sufficient for purposes of the present application to show the general operation of a xerographic reproducing machine.
For a more detailed explanation of the copier/duplicator xerographic components reference is made to U. S. Patent ~o.
3,645,615 entitled Copying Apparatus.
Sorting apparatus 6 comprises a transport assembly ~Z7~
101 which includes a ~ransport 105 an~ 10/ for transporting simpleY. or side one up and duplex side two up copy sheets from the xerographic processing apparatus into different sheet feed zones 110 and 112, respectively. A deflector gate mem~er 115 serves to direct sheets towards sheet dis-charge zone 110 when actuated in one position and towards transport 107 and sheet discharge zone 112 when actuated in another position. The actuation of gate member 115 is controlled by any suitable device such as a solenoid which is energized when selecting the desired sorting mode of operation on control panel 5.
Sheet discharge zones 110 and 112 are arranged to feed sheets into tray assemblies 7 mounted~ y on a rotatable member 130. Rotatable member 130 is mounted on the frame to rotate in both clockwise and counterclockwise directions de-pending on the sorting mode of operation. It should be under-stood that the sorting could be accomplished with the tray assemblles rotating in one direction only, but this would require more time. Rotatable member 130 is driven by a re-versible motor (not shown) which drives member 130 in a pre-determined direction accordir.g to the mode of selection on the control panel. The drive may be incremental or continuous as desired. By ,his structure the sheets are collated and sorted for both simplex and duplex modes of operation.
The tray assemblies have one or more bands or guides 135 for retaining the collated sheets until they are in a position adjacent an unloading tray 140 where a gate member 142 releases the collated set of sheets, during the unloading cycle which follows the sorting cycle, with signals supplied to a gate actuator 145. Unloading tray 140 is slideably mounted on guides and is adapted to move in reciprocating fashion upon ~Z75~39 receiving each set of copy sheets ~rom a tray assembly. Any suitable drive can be used or this purpose as a drive motor 150~ sy this structure a set separa~ion of the copy sets in~o staggered identifiable stacks is accom~lished (Fiy. 3).
In operation for simplex sorting the copy sheets are transported with side one up by transport 105 and directed towards sheet discharcJe zone 112 which feeds them into the tray assemblies 7 moving in a cloc~wise direction. In the case of duplex sorting the sheets are directed with side 1 face down and side 2 face up towards sheet discharge zone 110 which feeds c o u~ ~ rc /oc k i 5 ~
them into the tray assemblies moving in a cloc];~i3c direction.
While there have been shown and described and pointed out the fundamental novel features of the invention as applied to a preferred embodiment, it will be understood that various omissions and substitutions and changes in the form and details of the device illustrated and in its operation may be made by those s~illed in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention.
Claims (4)
1. In a copier/duplicator machine which produces simplex and duplex copy sheets to be sorted an improved sorting apparatus for sorting in simplex and duplex modes of operation comprising:
a frame;
a rotatable member supported in said frame;
an array of tray members arranged radially of said rotatable member;
drive means for rotating said rotatable member in one direction when sorting simplex copies and the opposite direction when sorting duplex copies;
conveyor means including a deflector member for directing copy sheets towards one feed zone adjacent the path of said tray members on one side and another feed zone adjacent the path of said tray members on another side; and control means for supplying signals to said drive means and said deflector member to rotate said tray member in a predetermined direction and direct sheets to a selected feed zone depending on whether simplex or duplex sorting mode of operation is desired.
a frame;
a rotatable member supported in said frame;
an array of tray members arranged radially of said rotatable member;
drive means for rotating said rotatable member in one direction when sorting simplex copies and the opposite direction when sorting duplex copies;
conveyor means including a deflector member for directing copy sheets towards one feed zone adjacent the path of said tray members on one side and another feed zone adjacent the path of said tray members on another side; and control means for supplying signals to said drive means and said deflector member to rotate said tray member in a predetermined direction and direct sheets to a selected feed zone depending on whether simplex or duplex sorting mode of operation is desired.
2. Apparatus according to claim 1, including a gate means positioned adjacent to the path of said tray members adapted to unload a collated set of sheets from each tray member into a receiving tray.
3. Apparatus according to claim 2 wherein said receiving tray is slideable across the sheet discharge path and means to slide the receiving tray in reciprocating fashion upon receiving each copy set.
4. A sheet receiving apparatus for a reproducing machine, said sheets having a first and opposing face, said apparatus comprising: a plurality of sheet receiving bins, arranged radially on a drum member, said bins including first and second side members for supporting a sheet in said bin, means for moving said side members between a first orientation in which said sheets in said bins are supported by said first side members with said first face exposed, and a second orientation in which said sheets in said bins are supported by said second side member with said opposing face exposed, and means for conveying said sheets to said bins.
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