Patent ID: 6065747
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A sheet support tray for use with a sheet processing machine of the type which discharges sheets from a discharge port in a longitudinally extending downstream direction with a leading longitudinal end of each discharged sheet exiting the machine first and a trailing longitudinal end of each discharged sheet exiting the machine last and wherein said sheets have leading and trailing ends which curl upwardly when the sheet is positioned on a flat surface comprising:a first laterally extending sheet support portion which supports a portion of a curled end sheet in contact therewith at a first height;a second laterally extending sheet support portion positioned downstream from said first sheet support portion which supports a portion of a curled end sheet in contact therewith at a second height sufficiently greater than said first height to cause said trailing end of a sheet supported thereon to be positioned in substantially tangential relationship with said first laterally extending sheet support portion, whereby interference between said trailing end of said supported sheet and a leading end of the next incoming sheet is obviated;said first and second laterally extending sheet support portions comprising portions of a sine wave shaped sheet support surface.