Collating method and machine

Details Collating method and machine Collating method and machine

1978-04-07

1979-12-11

Burr, Edgar S.

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B65H 39055

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041779819

ABSTRACT:
A collating machine has plural infeed bins and a single outfeed bin. M stacks of copies, each stack consisting of N identical copies, the copies being different from one stack to the other, are laid into infeed bins. In a cyclical sequence, individual copies are transferred from the successive infeed bins to the common outfeed bin. To be able to do this, when the number M of stacks even considerably exceeds the number of infeed bins, the M X N copies are subjected to plural successive collating operations. During each collating operation, the number of infeed bins utilized is less than the number M. During each collating operation, all the M X N copies pass from infeed bins to the common outfeed bin. For the second and any subsequent collating operation, the stacked copies in the outfeed bin are removed and reintroduced into infeed bins, for another collating operation. The number of collating operations performed is such that, upon completion of the last collating operation, the outfeed bin receives the desired N sets of copies, each of the N sets consisting of M copies, each of the M copies within each set coming from a different one of the original M stacks, the M copies within each single set being in the correct sequence.

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