Patent Document ID: 4114871
Application ID: 05794327
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A copy production machine having an original document transport for positioning an original document in an imaging position, a cyclable copy production portion for producing copies of an original document in said imaging position, an output portion including a collator having relatively movable copy distributor and collator bins whereby relative movement therebetween effects a collation of copies produced by said copy production portion and having a home position and constructed to normally collate in an away from home direction, the improvement including in combination: means in one of said portions indicating end of a copy producing run, means detecting an original document to be transported by said original document transport for indicating an immediate new copy run, and collator control means including a first means jointly responsive to said end of run indication to actuate said collator to relatively move said distributor and bins to said home position and a second means responsive to said immediate new run indication to override said first means actuation for actuating said collator to collate in a going home direction.