Storage and supply enclosures for photoelectrostatic copy sheets

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A PHOTOELECTROSTATIC COPYING MACHINE, A STORAGE AND SUPPLY ENCLOSURE FOR ELECTROSTATIC COPY SHEETS COMPRISING, A RECEPTACLE MOUNTED ON SAID MACHINE FOR HOLDING SAID ELECTROSTATIC COPY SHEETS IN A POSITION FOR INSERTION INTO SAID MACHINE, A COVER MOUNTED FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT WITH RESPECT TO SAID RECEPTACLE AND MOVABLE BETWEEN AN OPEN POSITION AND A CLOSED POSITION, SAID COVER HAVING A DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGE ADAPTED TO OVERLIE SAID RECEPTACLE AND EFFECTIVELY ISOLATE SAID ELECTROSTATIC COPY SHEETS EHEN SAID COVER IS IN ITS CLOSED POSITION FOR COVER IN ITS OPEN POSITION PROVIDING ACCESS TO SAID RECEPTACLE, AND MEANS POSITIONED WITHIN THE ENCLOSURE FOR CONTROLLING THE MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE ELECTROSTATIC COPY SHEETS IN SAID RECEPTACLE, SAID MOISTURE CONTROLLING MEANS INCLUDING A SHEET FORM ELEMENT HAVING A WIDTH AT LEAST AS GREAT AS THE WIDTH OF SAID COPY SHEETS, SAID SHEET FORM ELEMENT MOUNTED AT LEAST PARTLY TO SAID COVER IN A POSITION TO OVERLIE SAID RECEPTACLE AND SAID ELECTROSTATIC COPY SHEETS WHEN SAID COVER IS IN ITS CLOSED POSITION AND ADAPTED TO BE MOVED TO A POSITION SPACED FROM SAID RECEPTACLE AND SAID ELECTROSTATIC COPY SHEETS WHEN SAID COVER IS MOVED TO ITS OPEN POSITION.