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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:
Jun. 02, 1981
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
William B Templeton, Howell, MI (US);
Assignee:
Burroughs Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271179 ; 271219 ; 271221 ;
Abstract
A document packing system for closely packing sorted documents into a pocket of a document sorting system having many pockets includes an auger. The auger is a hollow cylinder with multiple, discontinuous, raised helicies to initially engage documents sorted into the pocket. A stationary apparatus in the auger rotates the auger. Integral with the auger is a feature which aligns the sorted documents in the pocket while other portions of the auger secondarily engage and pack the sorted documents into the pocket. The sorted documents are supported in the pocket by a device which resiliently responds to the packing of documents into the pocket.