REPRODUCTION SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH SIMPLEX AND DUPLEX MODES OF OPERATION

• Main Authors: CALDWELL J,US, STEMMLE D,US
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 03.09.1974
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USINGWAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FORPROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; CINEMATOGRAPHY; CONVEYING; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS,CABLES; HOLOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; STORING; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ARTCOLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TRANSPORTING

This invention is for a reproduction system and method capable of producing collated copy sets for both simplex and duplex modes of operation. For simplex operation copies from the processor are inverted by an inverting apparatus which includes a horizontal vacuum transport which positively positions a sheet onto a vertical vacuum transport upon activation of deflector fingers. The vertical transport reverses in response to signals to deliver the sheets onto the horizontal transport with trailing edge becoming leading edge. The horizontal transport delivers copies to an array of tray members which are moved past a sheet discharge zone in timed relation to receive the copy sheets and collate them. For duplex operating inverting is omitted with the sheets moving from horizontal transport directly to the trays.