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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1989
Robert N DeWitt, Marlton, NJ (US);
William R Lile, Medford, NJ (US);
Stephen Tentarelli, West Berlin, NJ (US);
Opex Corporation, Moorestown, NJ (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for orienting a plurality of documents received in differing orientations relative to the apparatus, for delivery from the apparatus in a uniform orientation, generally comprises a device for determining the orientation of a document according to characteristic features of that document, and devices for orienting the document in accordance with signals received from the orientation determining device. The orientation determining device can operate upon the magnetic ink markings on a check to determine its orientation according to prescribed criteria representative of the anticipated locations for such markings. The orienting devices can then operate to invert the checks from end to end and/or from top to bottom and bottom to top, responsive to signals received from the orientation determining device.