Bell & Howell Document Management Products Company

Merv LaRue

Kenneth L Hendrickson

Thomas R Wells

Dale Plum

Duane R Patuszynski

John Overman

David Briggs

Paul Friedrich

Larry Turner

Leo DaPrato

Stuart Schwalb

Dan Solomon

Herb Hausmann

Al Rabin

A document processing system for performing multiple document processing tasks while the documents travel in a straight line document path is provided. The document processing system may include a transport system for transporting the documents in a straight line path, a sensing system for sensing the presence of the document, an optical system for projecting the image of the document, a camera module for receiving the projected image and storing it onto film, a film marking system for placing blips on the film adjacent the document image, a film numbering system for placing alphanumeric characters on the film adjacent the document image, an endorsing system for placing a printed endorsement on one side of the document, an electro-optical scanning system for scanning the image of the document processing the signal into a bit mapped image or for use with external communications devices, scanning for bar code symbology, and imprinting characters on the documents. A machine having a transport system to serially move documents in a straight line path and having one or more of the systems is provided and can be serially linked to another like machine so that the exit of a first machine is the inlet to the second machine.

Document processing system having a straight line document path

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Barrington, IL, United States of America

Merv LaRue