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US 7,621,527 · App. 11/261,623 · Granted Nov 24, 2009

Sheet collecting device

Assignee: Océ-Technologies B.V.
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Patent No.
US 7,621,527
App. No.
11/261,623
Granted
Nov 24, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sheet collecting device for collecting sheets leaving the printing device, which includes a delivery rack for collecting sheets, a front edge stopper for collecting the front edge of a sheet in a first position of the sheet collecting device in which the sheet is deposited on the delivery rack, and wherein the sheet collecting device can be placed in a second position in which the sheets can be deposited on the delivery rack without the intervention of the front edge stopper.

Claims (16)

1. A sheet collecting device for collecting sheets leaving a printing device, which comprises:

a delivery rack for collecting sheets;

a front edge stopper for collecting the front edge of a sheet in a first position of the sheet collecting device in which the sheet is deposited on the delivery rack, wherein the sheet collecting device can be placed in a second position in which the sheets can be deposited on the delivery rack without the intervention of the front edge stopper,

wherein the sheet collecting device includes two substantially U-shaped front and back frame members, both provided with wheels, said back frame member containing a top part on which the front edge stopper is mounted.

2. The sheet collecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the front edge stopper is mounted at the front of the sheet collecting device and the delivery rack is mounted at the back, wherein when used in the first position the front of the sheet collecting device faces the printing device and when used in the second position the back of the sheet collecting device faces the printing device.

3. The sheet collecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the front edge stopper includes a slidable part, the distance of which from the top part being adjustable.

4. The sheet collecting device according to claim 3 , wherein a scale graduation is disposed on the non-slidable part of the front edge stopper.

5. The sheet collecting device according to claim 4 , wherein the front edge stopper comprises a toothed strip which limits, as far as possible, the sliding of the front edge of a sheet in the stopper.

6. A sheet collecting device for collecting sheets leaving a printing device, which comprises:

a delivery rack for collecting sheets;

a front edge stopper for collecting the front edge of a sheet in a first position of the sheet collecting device in which the sheet is deposited on the delivery rack, wherein the sheet collecting device can be placed in a second position in which the sheets can be deposited on the delivery rack without the intervention of the front edge stopper,

wherein the sheet collecting device includes two substantially U-shaped front and back frame members, both provided with wheels, wherein the front and back frame members are hingedly interconnected and the delivery rack is hingedly mounted on the front frame member.

7. The sheet collecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the front and back frame members have a collapsible construction.

8. The sheeting collecting device of claim 1 , wherein the front and back frame members have a tubular construction.

9. The sheeting collecting device of claim 1 , which is adapted to change position through 180° from a delivery position to a collecting position.

10. The sheet collecting device according to claim 6 , wherein the delivery rack can be fixed at a specific angle by means of an angle adjuster.

Assignments (2)
RE-RECORD TO CORRECT THE THIRD INVENTOR'S LAST NAME ON A DOCUMENT PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL 017165, FRAME 0991. (ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST) Recorded Nov 16, 2006
From: VAN GERVEN, ANTONIUS J.J.; LEMMENS, MAURICE J.C.; VAN VEEN, PAUL G.; ZWEERMAN, ROBERTUS L.
To: OCE-TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
Reel/Frame 018613/0978 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2005
From: VAN GERVEN, ANTONIUS J.J.; LEMMENS, MAURICE J.C.; VEEN VAN, PAUL G.; ZWEERMAN, ROBERTUS L.
To: OCE-TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
Reel/Frame 017165/0991 →
Priority Claims (1)
NL 1027387 · Nov 1, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060181008A1 · Aug 17, 2006