Adapter unit for copying machines

Claim 1

IN A COPYING MACHINE OF THE TYPE FOR MAKING COPIES FROM A SENSITIZED MATRIX AND WHICH INCLUDES A BASE UNIT AND A CASE UNIT MOUNTED UPON SAID BASE UNIT, SAID CASE UNIT HAVING A CHAMBER FOR RECEIVING A SUPPLY OF DIFFERENT SIZES OF COPY PAPER, A TANK FOR AN ACTIVATING SOLUTION DISPOSED IN SAID MACHINE BENEATH SAID CHAMBER, SAID MACHINE HAVING A DISPENSING OPENING THROUGH WHICH A MATRIX AND A SHEET OF COPY PAPER ENGAGED THEREWITH MAY BE SIMULTANEOUSLY WITHDRAWN AND A DEFLECTOR MEANS FOR ENGAGING THE FORWARD END OF A SHEET OF COPY PAPER WHEN IT IS WITHDRAWN FROM SAID SUPPLY IN SAID CHAMBER AND DIRECTING IT AGAINST A MATRIX WHEREBY THE MATRIX AND THE WITHDRAWN SHEET RETAINED IN FACE-TO-FACE ENGAGEMENT MAY BE WITHDRAWN AS A UNIT PACKAGE THROUGH SAID DISPENSING OPENING, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING; MEAN IN SAID CASE UNIT SUPPORTING AND STORING IN SAID CHAMBER DIFFERENT SIZES OF COPY PAPER WITH THEIR FORWARD ENDS IN VERTICALLY SPACED RELATION AND EACH ADJACENT SAID DISPENSING OPENING, A DISPENSING OPENING, SAID SUPPORTING AND MACHINE AND SELECTIVELY ENGAGEABLY WITH THE FORWARD ENDS OF SAID DIFFERENT SIZES OF COPY PAPER FOR FEEDING A SHEET OF A SELECTED SIZE OF COPY PAPER FROM SAID SUPPLY AND TOWARDS SAID DISPENSING OPENING, SAID SUPPORTING AND STORING MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF TRAYS EACH INCLUDING A BOTTOM, SIDE WALLS, AN OPEN FRONT AND A REAR, UPWARDLY EXTENDING ABUTMENT MEMBERS ENGAGEABLE BY THE REAR ENDS OF A STACK OF COPY PAPER WHEREBY TO POSITION THE FRONT END THEREOF AT THE OPEN FRONT END, SAID TRAYS BEING REMOVABLY SIPPORTED IN SUPERPOSED RELATION, SAID SUPPORTING AND STORING MEANS POSITIONING THE FRONT ENDS OF DIFFERENT SIZE COPY PAPER IN VERTICALLY AND LONGITUDINALLY SPACED RELATION, SAID DISPENSING MEANS COMPRISING A FEED MEMBER, MEANS MOUNTING SAID FEED MEMBER UPON SAID MACHINE FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF POSITIONS IN EACH OF WHICH POSITIONS IT IS ENGAGEABLE WITH THE FRONT END OF A SELECTED SIZE SHEET, SAID FEED MEMBER BEING MOVABLE AND OPERABLE WHEN SO ENGAGED TO WITHDRAW THE ENGAGED SHEET FROM THE ASSOCIATED STACK AND MOVE IT TOWARD SAID DISPENSING OPENING, SAID FEED MEMBER COMPRISING A FEED ROLLER HAVING AN AXLE EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID CHAMBER, MEANS FOR EFFECTING ROTATION OF SAID FEED ROLLER, SAID MOUNTING MEANS INCLUDING A SERIES OF VERTICAL SLOTS EACH DISPOSED ADJACENT THE FRONT END OF A STACK OF COPY PAPER TOGETHER WITH A CONNECTING SLOT COMMUNICATING WITH EACH VERTICAL SLOT, SAID ROLLER BEING SLIDABLY RETAINED AND MOVABLE IN SAID SLOTS.