US4681428A
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Apparatus for producing interleaved copy sheets
Assignee: Eastman Kodak Co
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Filing: 1986-04-11
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Granted: 1987-07-21
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Expires: 2006-04-11
Abstract
Abstract Means are disclosed for alternately presenting copy sheets of either a first characteristic or a second characteristic to an image receiving position from respective first and second copy sheet supplies. A set of document originals are sequentially copied onto copy sheets presented at the image receiving position, with copies of successive document originals of the set being copied onto successive copy sheets from the first supply. Copy sheets from the second supply may be left blank or may receive images of successive document originals of the set such that each original is copied multiple times, at least once onto a copy sheet of the first characteristic and at least once onto a copy sheet of the second characteristic.
Inventors
- 👤 James M. Devoy
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 10:43
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G15/00; G03G15/65; G03G15/6588; G03G15/6591; G03G2215/00; G03G2215/00362; G03G2215/00367; G03G2215/00417; G03G2215/00421; G03G2215/00443; G03G2215/00447; G03G2215/00493; G03G2215/00497; G03G2215/00523
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
114 words
In apparatus including (1) means for selectively presenting copy sheets of either a first characteristic or a second characteristic to an image receiving position and (2) means for sequentially copying a set of originals onto copy sheets presented at the image receiving position; the improvement comprising: first and second supplies of copy sheets of the first and second characteristics, respectively; and control means for (1) causing the presenting means to alternately present copy sheets from said first and second supplies to the image receiving position, and (2) causing the copying means to produce copies of successive originals of the set onto successive copy sheets presented to the image receiving position from said first supply.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
114 words
In apparatus including (1) means for selectively presenting copy sheets of either a first characteristic or a second characteristic to an image receiving position and (2) means for sequentially copying a set of originals onto copy sheets presented at the image receiving position; the improvement comprising: first and second supplies of copy sheets of the first and second characteristics, respectively; and control means for (1) causing the presenting means to alternately present copy sheets from said first and second supplies to the image receiving position, and (2) causing the copying means to produce copies of successive originals of the set onto successive copy sheets presented to the image receiving position from said first supply.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
65 words
The improvement as defined in claim 1 wherein said control means causes the copying means also to produce copies of successive originals of the set onto successive copy sheets presented to the image receiving position from said second supply, whereby each original is copied twice, once onto a copy sheet of the first characteristic and once onto an adjacent copy sheet of the second characteristic.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
The improvement as defined in claim 1 further comprising means for stacking the copy sheets after presentation to the image receiving means with copy sheets of the first characteristic interleaved with copy sheets of the second characteristic.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
70 words
The improvement as defined in claim 3 wherein said control means causes the copying means also to produce copies of successive originals of the set onto successive copy sheets presented to the image receiving position from said second supply, whereby the stack contains adjacent copies of the same original, one copy on a copy sheet of the first characteristic and one copy on a copy sheet of the second characteristic.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
114 words
In apparatus including (1) means for selectively presenting transparency and plain paper separator sheet copy sheets to an image receiving position and (2) means for sequentially producing images of a set of originals onto copy sheets presented at the image receiving position; the improvement comprising: first and second supplies of transparency and plain paper separator sheet copy sheets, respectively; and control means for (1) causing the presenting means to alternately present copy sheets from said first and second supplies to the image receiving position, and (2) causing the producing means to produce copies of successive originals of the set onto successive transparency copy sheets presented to the image receiving position from said first supply.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
114 words
In apparatus including (1) means for selectively presenting transparency and plain paper separator sheet copy sheets to an image receiving position and (2) means for sequentially producing images of a set of originals onto copy sheets presented at the image receiving position; the improvement comprising: first and second supplies of transparency and plain paper separator sheet copy sheets, respectively; and control means for (1) causing the presenting means to alternately present copy sheets from said first and second supplies to the image receiving position, and (2) causing the producing means to produce copies of successive originals of the set onto successive transparency copy sheets presented to the image receiving position from said first supply.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
65 words
The improvement as defined in claim 5 wherein said control means causes the producing means also to produce copies of successive originals of the set onto successive plain paper separator sheet copy sheets presented to the image receiving position from said second supply, whereby each original is imaged twice, once onto a transparency copy sheet and once onto an adjacent plain paper separator copy sheet.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
34 words
The improvement as defined in claim 5 further comprising means for stacking the copy sheets after presentation to the image receiving means with transparency copy sheets interleaved with plain paper separator sheet copy sheets.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
71 words
The improvement as defined in claim 7 wherein said control means causes the producing means also to produce copies of successive originals of the set onto successive plain paper separator sheet copy sheets presented to the image receiving position from said second supply, whereby the stack contains adjacent copies of the same original, one copy on a transparency copy sheet and one copy on a plain paper separator sheet copy sheet.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
169 words
In apparatus including (1) means for selectively presenting copy sheets of either a first characteristic or a second characteristic to an image receiving position and (2) means for sequentially copying a set of originals onto copy sheets presented at the image receiving position; the improvement comprising: first and second supplies of copy sheets of the first and second characteristics, respectively; and control means for (1) causing the presenting means to present copy sheets from said first and second supplies to the image receiving position, (2) causing the copying means to produce copies of successive originals of the set onto copy sheets presented to the image receiving position from said first supply; and (3) causing the copying means to produce copies of successive originals of the set onto copy sheets presented to the image receiving position from said second supply, whereby each original is copied multiple times, at least once onto a copy sheet of the first characteristic and at least once onto a copy sheet of the second characteristic.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
169 words
In apparatus including (1) means for selectively presenting copy sheets of either a first characteristic or a second characteristic to an image receiving position and (2) means for sequentially copying a set of originals onto copy sheets presented at the image receiving position; the improvement comprising: first and second supplies of copy sheets of the first and second characteristics, respectively; and control means for (1) causing the presenting means to present copy sheets from said first and second supplies to the image receiving position, (2) causing the copying means to produce copies of successive originals of the set onto copy sheets presented to the image receiving position from said first supply; and (3) causing the copying means to produce copies of successive originals of the set onto copy sheets presented to the image receiving position from said second supply, whereby each original is copied multiple times, at least once onto a copy sheet of the first characteristic and at least once onto a copy sheet of the second characteristic.
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