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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:
Oct. 08, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 26, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Herman Sytema, Terhorne, NL;
Gerhard Hidding, Heerenveen, NL;
Assignee:
Hadewe B.V., Drachten, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
53 55 ; 53493 ; 53117 ; 53504 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for preparing sets of documents comprises a document conveyor, a shunting station, a folding station, and a controller. A scanner determines the length of the conveyed documents in a set or the space between successive documents sets. The control acts responsive to the determined length or space, and adjusts the cycle speed of the apparatus so that the documents sets are conveyed with a minimum of intervening space without colliding. The invention also includes a method for controlling the apparatus of the invention.