Claims
- 1. A media ejection system for a punch machine comprising a belt with a paddle extending out from the belt, the belt adapted to move the paddle to impact an edge of a stack of paper to move the paper in a direction parallel to the plane of said stack of paper.
- 2. A media ejection system as in claim 1, wherein the belt is generally a circular belt and the belt has two paddles 180 degrees apart on the belt.
- 3. A media ejection system as in claim 1, further comprising a receiving tray at an end of the belt, wherein the paddle pushes said stack of paper toward the receiving tray with the paper in a vertical position.
- 4. A media ejection system as in claim 3, wherein the receiving tray further comprises a rotating member with a longitudinal slot parallel to the plane of the stack, the slot receives the stack from the belt, and the rotating member is adapted to rotate on its axis to flip the stack 90-135 degrees to a generally horizontal position in the receiving tray.
- 5. A paper handling system for a punch machine, the handling system comprising an ejection assembly and a receiving assembly, the ejection assembly being adapted to hold a stack of paper generally vertically for punching in the punch machine, and comprising an ejection member that pushes the stack out of the punch machine horizontally.
- 6. A handling system as in claim 5, further comprising the ejection member being an endless belt having at least one paddle that moves against a vertical edge of the stack to push the stack out of the punch machine.
- 7. A handling system as in claim 5, wherein the receiving assembly comprises a rotating member and a tray, the rotating member having a slot parallel to the direction of travel of the stack being ejected from the punch machine, wherein the slot receives the stack and the rotating member is adapted to rotate to drop the stack in the tray.
- 8. A handling system as in claim 7, wherein the rotating member further has at least one push bar adapted to push against a punched edge of the stack after the stack has been dropped in the tray.
- 9. A handling system as in claim 8, wherein the push bar extends from the rotating member generally opposite the slot, so that, when the rotating member rotates upward to receive a subsequent stack, the push bar abuts against and pushes a previously dropped stack.
- 10. A handling system as in claim 5, further comprising a paper stop for halting the horizontal movement of the stack during ejection from the punch machine, the paper stop comprising a rotating disk with a stop member protruding axially from the disk and being perpendicular to the plane of the paper as it is ejected.
Parent Case Info
[0001] This application claims priority of Provisional Application Serial No. 60/492,531, filed Aug. 4, 2003, entitled “Automatic Paper Ejector and Stacker”, and claims priority of and is a continuation-in-part of patent application Ser. No. 09/778,383, filed Feb. 5, 2001, entitled “Automatic Paper Feeder for Paper Hole Punch”, issuing on Nov. 4, 2003, as Patent No. 6,641,346, which application is a non-provisional of Provisional Application Serial No. 60/180,470, filed Feb. 3, 2000, the disclosures of which applications are herein incorporated by this reference.
Provisional Applications (2)
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60492531 |
Aug 2003 |
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60180470 |
Feb 2000 |
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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09778383 |
Feb 2001 |
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10702124 |
Nov 2003 |
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