Collator with fixed storage pockets

Claim 1

A COLLATOR COMPRISING A FRAME, A PLURALITY OF ADJACENT STORAGE POCKETS FIXED TO THE FRAME AND EACH HAVING AN EJECTION END, DRIVE MECHANISM, AN EJECTOR MOUNTED IN EACH STORAGE POCKET AND ENGAGING THE TOP SHEET OF A PILE OF SHEETS, OPERATING MEANS CONNECTING THE DRIVE MECHANISM WITH EACH EJECTOR TO OPERATE THE SAME TO PROJECT THE TOP SHEET PARTIALLY OUT OF ITS STORAGE POCKET; TRANSPORTING MEANS LOCATED AT THE EJECTION END OF AND ADJACENT TO THE STORAGE POCKETS TO ENGAGE EACH PROJECTED SHEET AND COMPLETE THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE SHEET FROM ITS POCKET INCLUDING A MAIN BELT MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED WITH THE DRIVE MECHANISM, A PRESSURE ROLL FOR EACH STORAGE POCKET, MEANS PRESSING THE PRESSURE ROLL AGAINST THE MAIN BELT MEANS, THE MAIN BELT MEANS EXTENDING ADJACENT TO THE STORAGE POCKETS AT LEAST TO THE LAST POCKET, AN AUXILIARY BELT MEANS, MEANS MOUNTING THE AUXILIARY BELT MEANS IN CONTACT WITH THE MAIN BELT MEANS AT LEAST AT THE LAST POCKET AND DIRECTED AWAY FROM THE LAST POCKET, STOP MEANS, MEANS MOUNTING THE STOP MEANS FOR LATERAL MOVEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE BELT MEANS TO AND FROM A STOP POSITION IN THE PATH OF THE SHEETS TO STOP THE SHEETS AND ALIGN THE SAME, OPERATING MEANS FOR THE STOP MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED WITH THE DRIVE MECHANISM TO PROJECT AND REMOVE THE STOP MEANS TO AND FROM STOP POSITION, GAGING MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED WITH THE DRIVE MECHANISM TO MOVE THE GAGE MEANS INTO CONTACT WITH THE SHEETS TO GAGE THE SHEETS IN STOP POSITION, AND REJECT MEANS AT THE END OF THE BELT MEANS AND OPERABLE BY THE GAGE MEANS TO BYPASS THE SHEETS.