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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:
May. 22, 1979
Filed:
Oct. 12, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Harry L Wallace, Garden City, MI (US);
John D Thomas, Plymouth, MI (US);
Assignee:
Burroughs Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C / ; B07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
209552 ; 209569 ; 209583 ; 198722 ; 271 64 ; 271273 ;
Abstract
An item/document hold and view station for use with high speed item sorting apparatus wherein a diverter is provided for diverting selected items out of the mainstream item pathway and into an open ended receptacle area for visual viewing by an operator and including a pair of eccentric cam members interconnected by a flexible member is operable to move the item out of the viewing station and back into the mainstream item pathway once the item has been altered, changed, corrected or otherwise handled by the operator without blocking or obscuring the data from the operator's view.