摘要:
Apparatus for storing documents includes a rectangular housing having first and second openings on a front wall and first and second spaced manifolds mounted on the back wall in horizontal alignment with the openings. A vertically movable rectangular rack is mounted in the housing, the rack having a plurality of pockets whose entrance may be aligned with the openings. Also, each pocket communicates with one of a plurality of sets of holes in the rack, each set being alignable with the manifolds. With vacuum pressure supplied to the first manifold fluid flows through the first opening, through a pocket, and through a corresponding set of holes. Thus, a document inserted into the first opening is drawn into a pocket of the rack. The rack may be stepped along and all of its pockets may be filled with documents. With pressure applied to the second manifold fluid is injected through a set of holes into a pocket and the fluid flows out through the second opening. With documents in the rack, if the rack is stepped along all of the documents stored may be ejected.
摘要:
Apparatus for transporting and cooling toner bearing sheets discharged from a fuser includes a structure having a pair of superposed sheet passageways, the entrance to the passageways being located at one end of the structure. The structure is moved so that successive sheets from the fuser are alternately fed to the passageways and fluidic means move the sheets through the passageways and out of the structure, the directions in which a sheet travels in entering and leaving the structure being, generally, orthogonal.
摘要:
In a first embodiment, a stop having a plurality of ports is connected to and covers an end of a rectangular sleeve having a movable wide wall. In a region near the stop, a narrow wall of the sleeve also has a plurality of ports. A nozzle coupled to a pump provides a flow of air into the other end of the sleeve and the air exits through the ports. With this arrangement, a rectangular sheet inserted into said other end of the sleeve is fluidly brought into registration with the narrow wall and stop. After the sheet has been registered, the movable wide wall is moved towards the other wide wall of the sleeve. If a sheet is wrinkled, such movement flattens the sheet. In a second embodiment, similar to the first, the narrow wall and stop include internal projections against which an inserted sheet is registered. In a third embodiment, similar to the first, a manifold is coupled to the ports and a vacuum pump is coupled to the manifold to accelerate registration. In a fourth embodiment, similar to the third, the pumps are replaced with a reversible pump to register and discharge a sheet.