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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:
Aug. 19, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven E Cohen, Seymour, CT (US);
Eric D Kolb, Mansfield, OH (US);
James A Salomon, Cheshire, CT (US);
Assignee:
Pitney Bowes, Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
270-102 ; 270 5209 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for accumulating sheets of material. The apparatus includes: a housing; a continuous web of sheet material supported by the housing; a device to advance the continuous web; a device to sever the continuous web into strips of a desired length; and a device for accumulating a strip or a plurality of strips into a single collation, wherein the plurality includes one or more strips of a given length and only one strip of a variable length equal to or less than the given length.