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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:
Dec. 27, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
James R Kennish, Chester, CT (US);
Assignee:
GBR Systems Corporation, Chester, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
270 58 ; 271110 ; 271265 ;
Abstract
An accumulator with first page hold feature having an accumulating area and a mechanism for feeding sheets of a first group of sheets to the accumulating area. An identifying mechanism is provided to identify the first sheet of a second group of sheets. The first sheet of said second group is fed but is stopped before the first sheet reaches the accumulating area. In the meantime, first group of sheets is released from the accumulating area and the first sheet of the second group is then released from its stopped position and fed to the accumulating area.