Patent ID: 6089559
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A device for separably depositing sheets ejected from an office machine having an output tray in a sheet stack, the office machines ejecting the sheets from a sheet output in an output paper path, the output paper path being the course the sheets follow from the sheet output until the sheets are deposited on the sheet stack comprising:at least one reusable divider film for separating the stack of deposited sheets into sheet groups corresponding to individual print jobs;said at least one reusable divider film having at least one dimension exceeding the corresponding dimension of the deposited sheets to enable said divider film to extend beyond the stack for facilitating the identification of each sheet group;magazine means coupled to the office machine at about the output tray for storing said at least one reusable divider film and for selectively depositing said at least one reusable divider film on the sheet stack to separate the individual print jobs for facilitating the selective retrieval of the individual print jobs from the sheet stack, wherein said reusable divider film is retrieved from the sheet stack and returned to the magazine; andmounting means for positioning said magazine means on the office machine above and opposite to the sheet output so that the at least one reusable divider film is ejected from the magazine at a position above the sheet output and is urged generally in the same direction as the output paper path before being deposited on the sheet stack.