Patent ID: 6728510
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A sheet-copy documents producing machine comprising:(a) sheet supply and feeding means for supplying and feeding image receiving sheets along a path and through image forming stations; (b) image forming means mounted at said image forming stations for forming desired images on said image receiving sheet resulting in sheet-copy documents of said desired images; and (c) plural sheet-copy documents finishing devices including (i) moving parts, and (ii) at least a first sheet-copy documents finishing device and a last sheet-copy documents finishing device for each receiving, finishing and stacking said sheet-copy documents into stacks for subsequent removal by an operator, each said sheet-copy documents finishing device, except said last sheet-copy documents finishing device, including a movable unload-while-running safety shield assembly for protecting hands of the operator from said moving parts during an unload-while-running operation of the sheet-copy documents producing machine.