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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2018
Applicant:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Inventors:
Douglas K Herrmann, Webster, NY (US);
Kevin St Martin, Rochester, NY (US);
Timothy J Kelley, Pittsford, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 31/30 (2006.01); B65H 29/60 (2006.01); B65H 31/24 (2006.01); B65H 39/043 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 39/043 (2013.01); B65H 29/60 (2013.01); B65H 31/24 (2013.01); B65H 31/3081 (2013.01); B65H 2301/4212 (2013.01); B65H 2301/42266 (2013.01); B65H 2301/4352 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1914 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system that eliminates return and reset of a pusher in a media collation system includes the use of bidirectional bins that allow accumulated sets of media in the bins to be collated in first or second directions and pushed to either of two banders rather than being restricted to one bander.