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Recording apparatus
Assignee: NCR Canada Ltd
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Filing: 1983-09-07
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2003-09-07
Abstract
Abstract A recording apparatus having multiple recording devices (12,14), each recording device being associated with a separate document feed path (22, 24), in order to provide simultaneous recording on more than one document for the purpose of increasing effective document recording speed. The recording apparatus also includes a driving mechanism (72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82) for each feed path for driving the documents along the feed path (22, 24), selection means (54, 56, 58) for selecting an appropriate document feed path (22, 24) for each document which is introduced to the recording apparatus, and control means (300) for controlling the recording devices (12, 14), the driving mechanisms (72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82) and the selection means (54, 56, 58).
Inventors
- 👤 Robert Blaise Nally
- 👤 Edward Robert Evans
- 👤 Lawrence Ross Williamson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 13:54
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65H; B65H29/00; B65H29/58; G; G06; G06K; G06K13/00; G06K13/02; G06K13/07; G06K17/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
220 words
Apparatus for recording data on documents including a plurality of document feed paths (22, 24); a corresponding plurality of drive means (72, 84; 74, 86; 76 88; 78, 90; 80, 92; 82, 94) for driving documents along said plurality of feed paths (22, 24); selection means (54, 56, 58) for selecting a desired one of said feed paths (22, 24) for. a given document which is introduced to the apparatus; movement control means (160) operatively associated with each of said drive means for controlling the movement of documents passing along said feed paths; detector means (172, 173, 194, 174) operatively associated with each of said feed paths (22, 24) for determining the presence and location of documents therein; and control means (300) responsive to said detector means (172, - 173, 194, 174) for controlling the selection means (54, 56, 58) and the movement control means (160) for each path (22, 24), characterized by recording means (12, 14) associated with each of said feed paths (22, 24) for recording on said documents, said control means (300) being responsive to said detector means (194) for controlling also the recording means (12, 14) for each path (22, 24), to enable the commencement of recording on a document in one feed path before recording of a document in another feed path has been completed.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
220 words
Apparatus for recording data on documents including a plurality of document feed paths (22, 24); a corresponding plurality of drive means (72, 84; 74, 86; 76 88; 78, 90; 80, 92; 82, 94) for driving documents along said plurality of feed paths (22, 24); selection means (54, 56, 58) for selecting a desired one of said feed paths (22, 24) for. a given document which is introduced to the apparatus; movement control means (160) operatively associated with each of said drive means for controlling the movement of documents passing along said feed paths; detector means (172, 173, 194, 174) operatively associated with each of said feed paths (22, 24) for determining the presence and location of documents therein; and control means (300) responsive to said detector means (172, - 173, 194, 174) for controlling the selection means (54, 56, 58) and the movement control means (160) for each path (22, 24), characterized by recording means (12, 14) associated with each of said feed paths (22, 24) for recording on said documents, said control means (300) being responsive to said detector means (194) for controlling also the recording means (12, 14) for each path (22, 24), to enable the commencement of recording on a document in one feed path before recording of a document in another feed path has been completed.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
75 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that said control means (300) includes first timing means for each document feed path (22, 24) settable to represent the time required to complete the recording on a document, and second timing means for each document feed path (22, 24) settable to represent the time required before a given document held by said movement control means (160) can be released for. movement to said recording means (12, 14).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
Apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that said first timing means is set in accordance with the number of characters to be recorded on the document and the time required to record each character.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
Apparatus according to claim 3, characterized in that said second timing means is set in accordance with the settings of all of said first timing means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
46 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that said control means (300) controls the relative movement of documents with respect to each other in various feed paths (22, 24) to control the order in which the documents which have been recorded on appear at the exit.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that a separate motive means (64, 66) is provided for each document feed path driving means (72, 84; 74, 86; 76, 88; 78, 90; 80, 92; 82, 94).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
85 words
Apparatus according to claim 6 in which there is a total of two document feed paths (22, 24) and which includes an entrance drive means (60, 62) for driving documents from an entrance path (52) to the selected document feed path (22, 24), characterized in that said entrance drive means (60, 62) is arranged to be driven by both of the motive means (64, 66) for the two document feed path driving means (72, 84; 74, 86; 76, 88; 78, 90; 80, 92; 82, 94).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
Apparatus according to claim 7, characterized in that overrun clutches are provided for coupling the entrance drive means (60, 62) to the two motive means (64, 66).
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
71 words
Apparatus according to claim 6, characterized in that each document feed path driving means includes a plurality of drive and pinch roller pairs (72, 84; 74, 86; 76, 88; -78, 90; 80, 92; 82, 94) positioned along the feed path, each drive roller (72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82) being driven by the motive means (64, 66) for the respective document feed path (22, 24) through a series of. drive belts.
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