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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 16, 1996
David Nyffenegger, Raleigh, NC (US);
Glen Allen Nester, Pottstown, PA (US);
Bell & Howell Phillipsburg Company, Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
A document processing machine includes a sheet supplying apparatus for supplying a seriatim stream of sheets; an accumulator for accumulating the stream of sheets into sets; a reader for reading a mark on a document and decoding the mark to obtain information regarding the set to which the document belongs; a buffer for storing accumulated sets; and a controller for controlling a speed at which the sheet supplying apparatus operates based upon the state of one or more variables affecting the speed at which downstream devices can process sheets. Such variable include, e.g., the number of accumulated sets in the buffer, the number of sheets in a set being processed, the form length of sheets within a set being processed, and the speed at which a downstream base insertion machine can receive sets.