US3371926A
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Document sorting and distributing sorter apparatus
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1965-10-24
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Granted: 1968-03-05
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Expires: 1985-10-24
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Eugene A Anderson
- 👤 Anderson Alfred
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 05:25
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65H; B65H39/00; B65H39/10; B65H39/115
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
135 words
APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING AUTOMATICALLY SORTING AND DEPOSITING DOCUMENTS DIRECTLY FROM A SOURCE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATTION, A RECEIVING PLATFORM ADAPTED TO ALIGN DOCUMENTS PLACED THEREON INA SINGLE FILE AND FEED THE SO ALIGNED DOCUMENTS FOR SORTING AND DEPOSITING; AN ELONGATED SORTING AND DEPOSITING DECK ADJACENT SAID RECEIVING PLATFORM SO AS TO RECEIVE DOCUMENTS THEREFROM, SAID DECK HAVING A PLURALITY OF NORMALLY CLOSED GATES, EACH DEFINING THE ENTRANCE TO A BIN FOR SEGREGATING DOCUMENTS, MEANS FOR AUTOMATICALLY OPENING A PARTICULAR GATE TO RECEIVE A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS, MEANS DISPOSED NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO EACH BIN AND CONNECTED WITH EACH SAID GATE FOR COUNTING DOCUMENTS PASSED THERETHROUGH AND FOR CLOSING SAID GATE WHEN THE PROPER NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS HAVE SO PASSED, AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID DOCUMENTS IN A SINGLE-FILE ALONG SAID DECK TO AN OPEN GATE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
135 words
APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING AUTOMATICALLY SORTING AND DEPOSITING DOCUMENTS DIRECTLY FROM A SOURCE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATTION, A RECEIVING PLATFORM ADAPTED TO ALIGN DOCUMENTS PLACED THEREON INA SINGLE FILE AND FEED THE SO ALIGNED DOCUMENTS FOR SORTING AND DEPOSITING; AN ELONGATED SORTING AND DEPOSITING DECK ADJACENT SAID RECEIVING PLATFORM SO AS TO RECEIVE DOCUMENTS THEREFROM, SAID DECK HAVING A PLURALITY OF NORMALLY CLOSED GATES, EACH DEFINING THE ENTRANCE TO A BIN FOR SEGREGATING DOCUMENTS, MEANS FOR AUTOMATICALLY OPENING A PARTICULAR GATE TO RECEIVE A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS, MEANS DISPOSED NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO EACH BIN AND CONNECTED WITH EACH SAID GATE FOR COUNTING DOCUMENTS PASSED THERETHROUGH AND FOR CLOSING SAID GATE WHEN THE PROPER NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS HAVE SO PASSED, AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID DOCUMENTS IN A SINGLE-FILE ALONG SAID DECK TO AN OPEN GATE.
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