Patent ID: 7631868
Filing Date: 2009-12-15
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A reprographic device, comprising: an image forming apparatus for forming an image on a copy sheet in a sheet processing module; a compiling module usable to compile at least one copy sheet, said compiling module including; a sheet transport system that transports sheets received from said image forming device; a compiling tray that receives copy sheets from said sheet transport system; and a scuffin apparatus including a scuffer arm pivotally mounted on a first shaft at a first end thereof and a second shaft mounted on a second end thereof downstream of said first shaft with foldaway drive wheels mounted on separate shafts and connected thereto, said foldaway drive wheels being independently suspended, and wherein said drive wheels are housed in a drive wheel assembly, and wherein said drive wheel assembly is mounted on said second shaft to pivot about said second shaft and is released from a folded position to an unfolded position on top of copy sheets in said compiling tray through pivoting of said drive wheel assembly due to gravity in an arcuate path in the sheet transport direction so as to allow said drive wheels to reposition downwardly at an angle with respect to said compiling module which will allow pulling of said copy sheets in said compiling module against a registration gate.