System for collating documents in response to indicia apparing thereon

Claim 1

IN A COLLATOR FOR DOCUMENTS, EACH DOCUMENT HAVING A PLURALITY OF GROUPS OF NUMERALS PRINTED THEREON, EACH GROUP BEING PRECEDED BY A SYMBOL, AND THE NUMERALS BEING IN DIGITAL ORDER, A SCANNER, A PLURALITY OF POCKETS, A CONVEYOR FOR CONVEYING SAID DOCUMENTS PAS SAID SCANNER AND POCKETS IN SUCCESSION WHEREBY SAID SYMBOLS AND NUMERALS ARE SCANNED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY PASS THE SCANNER, SAID SCANNER HAVING INDIVIDUAL OUTPUT CIRCUITS FOR EACH SYMBOL AND EACH NUMERAL, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO EACH SYMBOL AND NUMERAL TO PRODUCE A PULSE IN THE CORRESPONDING OUTPUT CIRCUIT, STORING MEANS TO RECEIVE SAID PULSES, SAID STORING MEANS HAVING DIFFERENT POTENTIAL CONFIGURATIONS WITHIN IT, EACH CONFIGURATION CORRESPONDING TO THE PARTICULAR OUTPUT CIRCUIT OVER WHICH THE PULSE WAS RECEIVED, A CONTROL FOR SAID POCKETS, SAID CONTROL INLCUDING MEANS TO SELECT A PREDETERMINED DIGIT IN A PREDETERMINED GROUP AND TO SUPPLY HE PULSE PRODUCED BY SAID DIGIT TO SAID STORING MEANS TO SET UP A CORRESPOND-