Photocopy machine

Claim 1

IN AN OFFICE PHOTOCOPY MACHINE THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A FRAME HAVING A BASE AND HAVING A PAIR OF UPSTANDING PARTITIONS, A FLUORESCENT TUBE TRANSVERSELY ARRANGED WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PARTITIONS AND HAVING ITS ENDS PROJECTING SUBSTANTIALLY BEYOND THE PARTITIONS, A PAIR OF NARROW ANNULAR SLEEVES OF A MATERIAL HAVING A LOW COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION WITH RESPECT TO GLASS TELESCOPED OVER SAID FLUORESCENT LAMP AND SEATED IN THE RESPECTIVE PARTITIONS, A RESILIENT ROLLER HAVING A LENGTH WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THE LENGTH OF THE FLUORESCENT TUBE AND WHICH MAY BE ACCOMMODATED BETWEEN THE PARTITIONS, SAID ROLLER BEING ARRANGED IN PRESSING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FLUORESCENT TUBE, EACH SOCKET HAVING A BASE PORTION AND A PIN RECEIVING MEMBER ROTATABLE THEREIN FOR RECEIVING THE PINS OF THE TUBE, EACH SOCKET HAVING MEANS CONNECTED TO THE BASE FOR PREVENTING THE BASE FROM ROTATING WHILE PERMITTING LIMITED FLOATING MOVEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE FRAME AS THE TUBE ROTATES, MEANS INCLUDING A DRIVING MOTOR COUPLED TO THE ROLLER SHAFT FOR ROTATING THE ROLLER AND FLUORESCENT TUBE AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED, SAID ROLLER HAVING AN ANNULAR DRIVE WHEEL CONNECTED TO ITS SHAFT LYING OUTBOARD OF ONE OF SAID PARTITIONS BUT SPACED CLOSELY THERETO AND FRICTIONALLY ENGAGING ONE OF THE PROJECTING ENDS OF THE FLUORESCENT TUBE FOR INSURING ROTATION OF THE TUBE WHEN THE TUBE AND DRIVEN ROLLER ARE TEMPORARILY OUT OF CONTACT BY REASON OF INSERTION OF AN ORIGINAL AND COPY SHEET BETWEEN THEM.