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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7259346 | Progressive modularity assortment system with high and low capacity bins A modular bin or pocket has an integrated transport assembly and mail piece diverter assembly and is usable in a bin stacker section in mail handling and sorting systems. The modular bin is individually removable, interchangeable and replaceable from the bin stacker... | 08/21/2007 |
| 6708968 | Device for gathering flat articles into stacks and for further processing the stacks Flat articles are gathered on stack supports (2) being conveyed past feed points substantially continuously and one after the other. After the gathering operation, bottom edge zones (13) of the gathered articles are exposed for a further processing ope... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6062555 | Sheet sorter and method of controlling the sheet sorter A sheet sorter includes an array of a plurality of sorting trays which are mounted on a sorter body and arranged in a vertical direction and a general-purpose tray which is mounted on the sorter body and is larger than each of the sorting trays in capacit... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5836576 | Apparatus for removing copies and/or documents from a machine An apparatus for removing copies and/or documents from a machine has a catch and removal tray (2) which can be extended telescopically out of the machine (1). The catch and removal tray (2) consists of a fixed section (3) inside the machine (1) and a mova... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5833232 | Apparatus for accumulating and directionally reorienting sheets An apparatus for accumulating sheets from a secondary source and changing their conveyance direction 90°. The accumulator is a group of vertically stacked bins that discharge batchwise and are loaded from the secondary source alternately by way of a dive... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5662319 | Apparatus for processing printed products A conveying device has pocket-like receiving parts that are moved along a rotary path. The receiving parts are arranged one behind the other and transversely with respect to the rotary path. Printed products are introduced into the receiving parts by a fe... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5657979 | Collator and method for controlling the collator A collator comprises a first hopper for storing signatures having a first characteristic and a second hopper for storing signatures having a second characteristic. A plurality of collating pockets move relative to the first and second hoppers and receive ... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5007624 | Sheet material handling apparatus and method A first series of sheet material articles, conveyed by a first gripper conveyor, is interleaved with a second series of sheet material articles, conveyed by a second conveyor, to enable the first and second series of articles to be delivered to a single r... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4616816 | Apparatus for superposing flexible flat structures, especially sheets and signatures, and method of using such apparatus Underneath a support table for a cover element or sheet there are positioned a number of receiving or storage bins for additional or supplementary sheets. Between the receiving or storage bins and the support table there is placed a conveyor belt. One run... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4487405 | Method and apparatus for sheet gathering in a side-by-side generally vertical edge alignment A method and apparatus for collecting a plurality of sheets together from a row of sheet stacks. The collection is made in upstanding buckets or trays wherein the sheets can be collected in the upright position standing on their lower edges. The system pr... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4146215 | Horizontal collator-sorter A sheet handling machine having the dual capability of either collating or sorting sheet material into individual booklets or collations. The machine has a plurality of sheet receiving bins operatively associated with infeed and outfeed locations of the m... | 03/27/1979 |
