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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1998
David L. Patterson, Dundee, GB;
Andrew R. B. Halket, Cherry Hinton, GB;
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
When selected documents traveling along a first feed path (,) are to be fed to a second feed path (,), a solenoid is energized causing pivotal movement of a pair of flipper arms (,) so as to direct the documents onto the second feed path (,). When the solenoid is de-energized, documents on the first feed path (,) may proceed to the continuation portion thereof i.e., path (,), or documents from the second feed path (,) may be fed to the continuation portion (,) of the first feed path (,). The flipper arms (,) are coupled by gearing mechanisms so that they are moveable relative to each other, pivotal movement of one flipper arm (,) causing pivotal movement of the other arm (,). Such relative movement between the flipper arms (,) allows for a compact and reliable structure and activation of the mechanism is required only when documents are to be fed from the first feed path (,) to the second feed path (,).