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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1994
David R Auerbach, West Redding, CT (US);
Kenneth W Lowell, Bristol, CT (US);
Pitney Bowes, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for transporting documents through a right angle transfer includes a deck, first transporting structure for transporting documents over the deck in a first direction, and second transporting structure for seizing control of the documents from the first transporting structure and transporting the documents over the deck in a second direction that is at a 45.degree. angle to the first direction. As the documents are released from the control of the second transporting structure, third transporting structure transports the documents in a third direction that is orthogonal to the first direction,. A guide strap extending in the second direction between the second transporting structure and the third transporting structure prevents the transported documents from skewing or lifting away from the deck. The second transporting structure includes a plurality of idler transfer rollers biased against a corresponding plurality of driven transfer rollers. The idler transfer rollers are mounted adjacent to each other on a plate extending in the third direction with the idler and driven transfer rollers being angled in the second direction. The guide strap is a flat spring having a curved end suspended above the deck adjacent to the second direction transporting structure. The other end of the flat spring is secured to the deck outside a paper path of the document. The second transporting structure includes structure to enable and disable the second transporting structure. The first, second and third direction transporting structures move the documents at a constant speed through the apparatus.