Apparatus for collating sheets
Abstract
Abstract A SIMPLE APPARATUS FOR COLLATING SHEETS SUCH AS COPIES BEING FED FROM AN OFFICE COPYING MACHINE MAKES USE OF A SERIES OF COMPARTMENTS HAVING THE FORM OF SUSPENDED FILE FOLDERS MUTUALLY JOINED TOGETHER, AS PROVIDED FOR EXAMPLE BY A CARDBOARD BAND FOLDED IN ZIG-TAG FORM. THE FOLDERS ARE SUSPENDED BY ELEMENTS SECURED TO UPPER EDGES OR UPPER FOLDS THEREOF AND SUPPORTED ON A CONVEYOR EXTENDING FROM EITHER SIDE OF THE SHEET FEED PATH, AND ARE OPENED SUCCESSIVELY ACROSS THAT PATH BY MEANS WHICH TRANSFER THE SUSPENDING ELEMENTS SUCCESSIVELY TO A CONVEYOR SUPPORTING THEM AT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FEED PATH. THE SUPPORT CONVEYORS AND THE TRANSFER MEANS MAY EACH COMPRISE A FLIGHT OF A SYSTEM OF NOTCHED BELTS. ONE OF THE SUPPORT CONVEYORS IS DISPOSED AT A LOWER LEVEL THAN THE OTHER SO THAT A CERTAIN PANEL OF EACH OPENED FOLDER WILL LIE OBLIQUE TO THE OTHER PANEL THEREOF, CAUSING ALL SHEETS IN THE FOLDER TO REST AGAINST THE OBLIQUE PANEL.
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- 👤 J Zanders
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