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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 1994
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mario Ricciardi, Glenview, IL (US);
Assignee:
Bell & Howell Phillipsburg Company, Allentown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271297 ; 271185 ; 271198 ; 271207 ;
Abstract
A device for the delivery of documents conveyed in a vertical orientation along a document path to a receptacle in a substantially horizontal orientation includes a diverter for diverting individual vertically disposed documents away from the document path in a direction toward the receptacle, a document receiving and transporting system disposed adjacent the diverter to receive the documents and progressively advancing and changing the orientation of the documents from vertical to horizontal, whereby the documents are each delivered into the receptacle in a substantially horizontal orientation.