VARIABLE SHEET SETS STAPLING AND REGISTRATION POSITIONS SYSTEM

• Main Authors: CIPOLLA, STEPHEN D, FERRARA, JOSEPH J, KRAMER, WILLIAM E, NARAMORE, RAYMOND A, ROLPH, L. JAMES
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 06.06.2000
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: BOOKBINDING; CONVEYING; FILES; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS,CABLES; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER; STORING; TRANSPORTING

In an on-line printed sheets output handling system for the sequential output by a reproduction system, in which the printed sheets are registered in neatly superposed sets which are optionally fastened together by a finishing system, which is laterally repositionable to provide variable set finishing; a lateral registration system for said printed sheets output is repositionable with said finishing system, and has a sheet registration member engaging and laterally registering the printed sheets to selectable variable lateral sheet registration positions by the finisher lateral movement repositioning system rather than a separate lateral repositioning system, with a registration disengagement system for moving the sheet registration member out of registration engagement with the sheets after a set of sheets has been laterally compiled and before the finishing system is laterally repositioned. The finishing system may comprise two staplers, one of which is fixed, and the other of which is laterally repositionable and carries the sheet registration member of the lateral registration system. This system may be integral a disk inverter stacker system.