Apparatus for automatically rolling up and taping output sheets from a document reproduction system

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EP 0 300 742 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	31.10.1990 Bulletin 1990/44

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	25.01.1989 Bulletin 1989/04

(21)	Application number: 88306616.9

(22)	Date of filing: 20.07.1988

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁴: B65H 19/29, B65H 18/16, G03G 15/00

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB

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Priority:

20.07.1987 US 75451
02.10.1987 US 104009

(71)	Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
	Rochester New York 14644 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	Romanowski, Robert F. Rochester New York 14624 (US) Kramer, William E. East Rochester New York 14450 (US) Charland, Terrence D. Pittsford New York 14534 (US) McEwen, David J. Palmyra New York 14522 (US)

(74)	Representative: Goode, Ian Roy et al
	Rank Xerox Ltd Patent Department Parkway Marlow Buckinghamshire SL7 1YL Marlow Buckinghamshire SL7 1YL (GB)

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(54)	Apparatus for automatically rolling up and taping output sheets from a document reproduction system

(57) A copying/printing machine is adapted for rolling up copies of large size documents such as engineering drawings and the like and for automatically applying tape to the rolled-up copy sheets so as to maintain a tubular form. An output copy from the machine is fed by feed rollers (72, 74) to a cylindrical space (94) formed by a combination of curved baffles (92, 88). The copy sheet is fed around the inside of the baffles by rollers (104, 102, 100) which propel the sheet into a spiral path and form it into a roll. The apparatus includes a tape dispenser (130) which is activated in timed relation with the completion of the sheet rolling process to apply a tape segment so as to overlap the trailing edge of the rolled-up sheet and an underlying portion of the roll.

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