Abstract:
An optical assembly capable of being used in a machine for reproducing documents at one of a plurality of optical reduction rates. The optical assembly includes a first lens movable along the optical path and second and third lenses selectively movable into and out of the optical path. The first, second and third lenses are operatively coupled so that movement of the first lens along the optical path will cause the camming in of the second or third lens into the optical path at the proper positioning of the first lens to thus achieve the various optical reduction rates.
Abstract:
Apparatus for selectively directing sheet material from a first sheet feed path along a second or third sheet feed path. The apparatus includes a selectively shiftable interference member to direct the sheet material along either the second or third path. The interference member may also be selectively moved in relation to the movement of the leading edge of a sheet fed along the third path so that it may be folded and then directed along the second path.
Abstract:
A continuous and automatic xerographic reproducing machine operable in any of several modes. The machine is adapted to create copy on sheet material of either of two sizes. A sheetconveying assembly then selectively directs the copy through the machine to an enlarged catch tray at a first output end remote from the sheet input end. In the alternative, the sheet material may be conveyed along an alternate path to a smaller catch tray at a second output end on a side of the machine remote from the first output end and the sheet input end.
Abstract:
A document conveyor assembly for moving a document past a work station. The assembly includes a drum for releasably supporting the leading edge of the document, drive means to rotate the drum so that at least a portion of the document is moved past the exposure slit and supplemental conveyor belts to continue the movement of the document past the exposure slit even though the conveyor drum is stopped. Programming means are also employed to cause a predetermined number of passages of the document past the work station prior to its release.
Abstract:
An assembly for supporting two stacks of copy sheet material in a xerographic reproducing machine. The assembly includes an upper tray for supporting sheets of a first characteristic and a lower tray for supporting sheets of a second characteristic. The trays are movable together in a vertical plane while the upper tray is also movable in a horizontal plane to thereby permit the positioning of either stack beneath sheet-forwarding elements of the machine.