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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1993
Thomas R Wells, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Leo DaPrato, Mt. Prospect, IL (US);
Paul Friedrich, Glenview, IL (US);
Kenneth Hendrickson, Glenview, IL (US);
Merv LaRue, Barrington, IL (US);
John Overman, Fort Pierce, FL (US);
Duane Patuszynski, Lincolnwood, IL (US);
Dale Plum, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Al Rabin, Wood Dale, IL (US);
Stuart Schwalb, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Dan Solomon, Evanston, IL (US);
Larry Turner, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
David Briggs, Bartlett, IL (US);
Herb Hausmann, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Bell & Howell Document Management Products Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A document processing system for performing multiple document processing tasks while the documents travel in a straight line document path is provided. The document processing system may include a transport system for transporting the documents in a straight line path, a sensing system for sensing the presence of the document, an optical system for projecting the image of the document, a camera module for receiving the projected image and storing it onto film, a film marking system for placing blips on the film adjacent the document image, a film numbering system for placing alphanumeric characters on the film adjacent the document image, an endorsing system for placing a printed endorsement on one side of the document, an electro-optical scanning system for scanning the image of the document processing the signal into a bit mapped image or for use with external communications devices, scanning for bar code symbology, and imprinting characters on the documents. A machine having a transport system to serially move documents in a straight line path and having one or more of the systems is provided and can be serially linked to another like machine so that the exit of a first machine is the inlet to the second machine.