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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:
Oct. 06, 1987
Filed:
May. 22, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tatumi Horiuchi, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271288 ; 271294 ; 271298 ;
Abstract
A method for collating a plurality of copies comprising advancing a group of bins in one direction for collating a selected number of copies, returning the bins in an opposite direction for collating the same number of copies after the advancing movement, repeating the advancing and returning movements alternately, detecting a change of the selected number of copies during the collating operation, and starting the collating operation from a specific standard bin in response to that detection.