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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward M Ifkovits, New Fairfield, CT (US);
Karel J Janatka, Southbury, CT (US);
Richard F Stengl, Wolcott, CT (US);
Joseph F Zuzick, Jr, Naugatuck, CT (US);
Assignee:
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ; B65H / ; B65H / ; B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271225 ; 271184 ; 271-301 ; 271-308 ; 271-901 ; 271-911 ; 271298 ; 271287 ; 271296 ; 271303 ; 270 582 ; 270 583 ; 270 5829 ; 4147896 ; 4147909 ; 414791 ; 4147947 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for accumulating sheets from a secondary source and changing their conveyance direction 90.degree.. The accumulator is a group of vertically stacked bins that discharge batchwise and are loaded from the secondary source alternately by way of a diverter. Discharge is synchronous with a directionally constant primary sheet source.