Abstract: Apparatus for the positioning of a loose leaf or bound pad or book on the work table of an apparatus for printing the individual leaves of the pad or book comprising a holder member which is disposed to extend transversely of the work table and located on or near one end of the work table.

Abstract: Apparatus for registering a pair of rectangular sheets includes a rectangular sleeve whose width is variable, and a retractable gate located at one end of the sleeve. In a first embodiment, fluid injected into the other end of the sleeve provides first and second fluid streams which register one of the sheets with the gate and one of the narrow walls of the sleeve, and register the other of the sheets with the gate and the other narrow wall of the sleeve. In a second embodiment, the sheets are registered against a centrally disposed vented manifold and the gate. In a third embodiment, fluid drawn into the sleeve provides first and second fluid streams which register one of the sheets with the gate and one of the narrow walls, and register the other of the sheets with the gate and the other of the narrow walls.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for feeding original and copy sheets in a duplicator having an improved copyboard containing a radiation-transmissive plate adapted to carry superposed thereon the original and copy sheets with the original disposed between the plate and the copy sheet, the copyboard being linearly reciprocatable between a loading station, at which the original and copy sheets may be positioned on the plate, and an exposure station, at which the copy sheet is exposed through the radiation-transmissive plate and the original sheet and is thereafter removed for further processing. At the end of each exposure cycle, the copyboard moves back to the loading station carrying thereon the original sheet for the initiation of a subsequent sequence. Also disclosed are method and apparatus for accurately registering the copy sheet and original sheet on the copyboard and method and apparatus for separating the exposed copy sheet from the original sheet.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A sheet registry device for use in a sheet-handling machine in which a constantly rotating brush exerts a force on the sheet to urge the sheet against a side guide and properly register such sheet in a cross-machine direction while the sheet is being removed in a direction parallel to the guiding surface of the side guide.

Abstract: A device for directing strips of thermoplastic material which is provided with a first roller and first movable needles or photo electric cells, for correcting the position of the strip in a longitudinal direction in which the first roller and the first needles or cells are driven at the same rate, and second movable needles or photocells and a second roller for correcting the position of the foil in a transverse direction with, the second movable needles or cells and second roller being driven at the same rate.