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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1976
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1975
Lester H Stocker, Phillipsburg, NJ (US);
Bell & Howell Company, Phillipsburg, NJ (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for diverting selected cards or sheets from a normal path to a new path includes a rotatable surface member having an axis of rotation located above the plane of the normal path. The rotatable surface member has a stationary position which is out of the plane of the normal path so that documents are usually allowed to travel along the normal path under the rotatable surface member. However, the rotatable surface member is of a size such that when it is rotated, a portion thereof extends into the plane of the normal path. A document is diverted by rotating the rotatable surface member through the path immediately in front of the leading edge of the document and back through the normal path under the document, carrying the document with it to the new path across the top of the rotatable surface member.