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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1976
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas R Cross, Rochester, NY (US);
Clifford L George, Macedon, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271 64 ;
Abstract
A sheet sorting apparatus having a main bin and a plurality of sorting bins. Multiple vertical transports advance copy sheets to the main bin or to the sorting bins according to the desired mode of operation. A horizontal transport advances the copy sheets onto one of two oppositely moving vertical transports via a pivotally mounted gate which is moved from a first position when in a sorting mode of operation into a second position when in a stacking mode of operation. At least one of the vertical transports is pivotally mounted to provide access to the sorting bins.