Sheet feeding or delivering – Delivering – Multiple discharge
Patent
1979-06-07
1982-02-16
Stoner, Jr., Bruce H.
Sheet feeding or delivering
Delivering
Multiple discharge
271197, 271302, 198364, 198585, B65H 2960, B65H 3911
Patent
active
043156215
ABSTRACT:
A collator mechanism for transporting and feeding sheets of material such as paper, microfiche film or the like to individual bins. The sheets are carried by an apertured conveyor tape which slides along an apertured vacuum manifold so that the sheet is maintained in contact with the tape by the vacuum. The conveyor tape delivers the sheet to a deflector assembly which is progressively stepped through a plurality of indexed positions adjacent the bins. The deflector assembly includes upper and lower deflector rollers which bend the tape and sheet sufficiently to feed it toward the adjacent bin, release the sheet from the tape and then bend the tape away from the sheet being conveyed and the adjacent bin. The momentum and rigidity of the sheet carries the sheet, after its release from the tape, into the adjacent bin. An idler roller receives the tape from the lower deflector roller and presses the tape against the manifold to maintain the length of the conveyor tape path constant as the deflector assembly is stepped adjacent the bins.
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International Business Machines - Corporation
Stoner Jr. Bruce H.
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