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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 1980
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1979
Michael D Avritt, Boulder, CO (US);
Richard A Lamos, Boulder, CO (US);
Alfonso A Rosati, Longmont, CO (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Sheets are delivered to receptacles by a traveling distributor which includes an incrementally movable carriage. A continuous loop belt or belts such as in a vacuum plenum transport convey the sheets to the carriage where a roller arrangement on the carriage diverts the belts and thus the sheets into a direction in alignment with the receptacles. The rollers then divert the belt away from the receptacles so that the sheets continue into the receptacles. The rollers are mounted so as to place the belt or belts in tension during normal operation but are movable to relieve the belt tension to facilitate paper removal from the belt in jam clearance procedures.