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Document sorter and stacker, particularly for document processors

Patent 5135115 Issued on August 4, 1992. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject August 4, 2009. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Patent References

3075760

3162439

3531108

3749239

Sheet inverting and stacking apparatus
Patent #: 3968960
Issued on: 07/13/1976
Inventor: Fedor ,   et al.

Synchronous stacking device
Patent #: 4088314
Issued on: 05/09/1978
Inventor: Phillips

Document sorter system having interchangeable pocket modules
Patent #: 4124121
Issued on: 11/07/1978
Inventor: Sung ,   et al.

Front and back stacker for high speed sorter/reader apparatus Patent #: 4251000
Issued on: 02/17/1981
Inventor: Templeton

Inventors

Application

No. 233145 filed on 08/17/1988

US Classes:

209/564, Electronic209/583, Reading indicia209/654, Rotatable209/657, Deflector movable into and out of path of item271/187, By rotating circumferential-pocket members271/305, Individual diverter for each receiver271/315With circumferential pocket members

Examiners

Primary: Huppert, Michael S.
Assistant: Wacyra, Edward M.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 61-221036 JP 10/12/1986
  • 2059391 GB 04/12/1981

International Classes

B07C 005/36
B65H 029/22

Abstract

A document sorter/stacker apparatus includes a plurality of slotted disk assemblies respectively associated with bins or pockets in which high-speed transported documents are to be sorted and stacked. Each of the disk assemblies is selectively rotated to position its document capture slot either into or out of the transport path documents, thereby to enable either the routing of the document through that particular pocket or its passage to another pocket. When the leading end of a document is captured within the slot, the slotted disk assembly is rotated to feed the document into the corresponding pocket. The rim of the slotted disk assembly is in contact with a document transport belt and with an endless belt driven by the slotted disk assembly to urge the document into the pocket. After the document has been fed into the pocket, the endless belt urges the tail end of the document away from the slotted disk assembly and toward a backing plate where the documents are accumulated in a stacked configuration.

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