Xerographic reproducing apparatus

Claim 1

A XEROGRAPHIC REPRODUCING APPARATUS INCLUDING IN COMBINATION A FRAME, A XEROGRAPHIC DRUM JOURNALED FOR ROTATION IN SAID FRAME, CHARGING MEANS POSITIONED TO PLACE AN ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE ON SAID XEROGRAPHIC DRUM, A COPY DRUM JOURNALED FOR ROTATION IN SAID FRAME, A SHEET GRIPPER MEANS CARRIED BY SAID COPY DRUM, SAID SHEET GRIPPER MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO COOPERATE WITH SAID COPY DRUM TO ENGAGE THE LEADING EDGE OF A COPY TO BE REPRODUCED, A PROJECTION MECHANISM POSITIONED ADJACENT SAID COPY DRUM TO PROJECT A RADIATION IMAGE OF A COPY AS IT IS CARRIED BY SAID COPY DRUM ONTO SAID XEROGRAPHIC DRUM TO FORM AN ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE THEREON, AN INTERPOSER MEANS POSITIONED ADJACENT SAID COPY DRUM FOR MOVEMENT INTO A FIRST POSITION TO EFFECT OPERATION OF SAID SHEET GRIPPER MEANS AND TO A SECOND POSITION IN WHICH IT IS IN AN INOPERATIVE RELATION TO SAID SHEET GRIPPER MEANS, DEVELOPER MEANS POSITIONED ADJACENT SAID XEROGRAPHIC DRUM TO DEVELOP THE ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE FORMED ON SAID XEROGRAPHIC DRUM, PAPER FEED MEANS FOR SERIATIM FEEDING OF SHEET SUPPORT MATERIAL TO SAID XEROGRAPHIC DRUM, TRANSFER MEANS POSITIONED ADJACAENT SAID XEROGRAPHIC DRUM TO EFFECT TRANSFER OF THE DEVELOPED IMAGE ON SAID XEROGRAPHIC DRUM TO A SHEET OF SUPPORT MATERIAL, DRIVE MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID XEROGRAPHIC DRUM, SAID COPY DRUM, AND SAID PAPER FEED MEANS TO EFFECT SYNCHRONIZED MOVEMENT OF SAID XEROGRAPHIC DRUM, SAID COPY DRUM AND SAID PAPER FEED MEANS, SAID XEROGRAPHIC DRUM BEING ROTATED AT LEAT ONE REVOLUTION TO FIRST EFFECT A REPRODUCING CYCLE AND THEN ROTATED AT LEAST A SECOND REVOLUTION TO EFFECT A TIMING OUT CYCLE, AND, CONTROL MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID INTERPOSER MEANS, AND TO SAID PAPER FEED MEANS TO EFFECT THE OPERATION OF SAID PAPER FEED MEANS ONLY DURING SAID REPRODUCING CYCLE OF SAID XEROGRAPHIC DRUM AND TO MOVE SAID INTERPOSER MEANS.