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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:
Mar. 27, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1983
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 ...
271293 ; 271294 ;
Abstract
A sheet sorting machine of the shifting tray type has a plurality of trays mounted for shifting movement past a sheet infeed location during sorting operation. The trays are pivoted to widely spaced relation at the entry location and are also cammed open by tray ends at distal ends of the trays in response to the pivotal motion. A tray support is moved with the trays to maintain uniform tray angle.