(under subclass 147) Device wherein the stack holder is arranged to support the sheets of the stack so that the individual sheets derive a substantial amount of their support from their edges, or wherein the sheets are arranged in overlapped array, the margin of one sheet lying beyond the edge of an adjacent sheet relative to the direction in which the stack is urged.
(1) Note. Many of the devices herein include a spring or weight to move a backstop that advances the stack.
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216, for a receiver on which sheets are deposited in imbricated array.
