Modular multifunctional mailbox unit with interchangeable sub-modules
Patent 5390910 Issued on February 21, 1995. Estimated Expiration Date: 
May 24, 2013. 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.
May 24, 2013. 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 3833911 3853314 3861673 3866904 3884458 3907279 3917257 Collator Inverter with proportional force paper drive Collator InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 066825 filed on 05/24/1993US Classes:271/296, By diverter or conveyor moving past receivers270/58.18, Plural stackers271/9.02, Sheet feeding from one supply controls feeding from another supply271/292With movable receivers or receiver portionsExaminersPrimary: Look, Edward K.Assistant: Ryznic, John E. Foreign Patent References
International ClassB65H 039/10AbstractA modular, flexibly adaptable "mailboxing" unit and system for both sequentially processing and separating, into a superposed array of plural separate mailbox print job sheet collection bins or trays, the sheet outputs of various users of various printers (including facsimile receivers, copiers or combination units). The mailbox module has left and right side printer inputs and vertical sheet transport input paths therefrom to at least one vertically modular replaceable sub-module for operating sequentially on sheets in the mailbox module sheet path prior to the separating and feeding of sheets into the mailboxes. The replaceable sub-module comprises at least one of a sheet rotator, a sheet inserter, a sheet inverter, a sheet folder, or a sheet hole punch. The mailbox module then provides a third vertical sheet transport path from the replaceable sub-module past the array of mailboxes to provide a bin selection path for the sub-module processed sheets, with optional compiling and finishing.Other References
Field of SearchBy means to convey sheet (e.g., from pack to operation)Between superposed conveyor couple Of successive sheets to plural receivers in succession To bypass array of receivers With selective actuation of means for inverting duplex sheets With movable receivers or receiver portions By diverter or conveyor moving past receivers By individual diverter for each receiver With means to program discharge destination Selectively to recirculating path or exit By conveyor section movable to direct sheets along alternate paths With movable diverter Rotary conveyor Means to change orientation or direction of sheets during delivery Receivers moving into registry with delivery zone With means connecting sections for quick assembly of disassembly | |
