Sheet feeding or delivering – Delivering – With transfer means between conveyor and receiver
Reexamination Certificate
2006-03-14
2006-03-14
Mackey, Patrick (Department: 3651)
Sheet feeding or delivering
Delivering
With transfer means between conveyor and receiver
C271S003140, C271S265010, C271S003030
Reexamination Certificate
active
07011304
ABSTRACT:
A collator for assembling a packet from one or more sheets, includes a sheet collating tray, a retractable sheet stop within said sheet collating tray for stopping and aligning a leading edge of each sheet entering the sheet collating tray, thereby producing an aligned sheet packet, a movable sheet kicker for initiating output of the aligned sheet packet from the sheet collating tray, and sheet packet-grasping packet transfer belts for delivering from the collating tray each of the aligned sheet packets to downstream processing equipment. To optimize operational timing of the collator and for monitoring sheet progress through the collator, a programmed computer is provided that oversees for efficiency and possible errors sheet entry into the sheet collating tray, the presence of one or more sheets within the sheet collating tray, and the aligned sheet packet departure from the sheet collating tray.
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Flickner Brett
Kellett Robert
Tammi Christian
DST Output, Inc.
Mackey Patrick
Ritchey James M.
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