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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1987
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frederick J Lawrence, Tustin, CA (US);
Assignee:
Gradco Systems, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271297 ; 271302 ; 271305 ; 198367 ; 198442 ;
Abstract
A sheet receiver has a plurality of trays to receive paper sheets in a sequential or selected order as sheets are successively fed to the receiver from a source, such as a printer or copier, and transported to the inlet ends of the trays between opposing transport rolls which define a continuous straight paper path past the trays. Selected pressure or nip rolls are actuated from positions relative to feed rolls forming the straight path past the trays to positions relative to an adjacent feed roll to interrupt the straight paper path and form a nip at which the rolls are positioned to change the direction of sheet travel to direct a sheet into a tray.