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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:
Dec. 11, 1979
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Winston A Orsinger, Nazareth, PA (US);
George Fallos, Easton, PA (US);
Assignee:
Bell & Howell Company, Phillipsburg, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
270 54 ;
Abstract
A signature gathering machine (14) comprises a plurality of hoppers (16) which can be randomly spaced relative to one another and to collating chain pusher pins (30 a,b,etc). The hoppers (16) can be moved to various positions along a frame 70 and fixed in place at those positions. An adjustable power linkage (FIGS. 3-5 and 7) to the hoppers allows the respective synchronization of the hoppers to be set relative to the collating chain pusher pins for new positions.