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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Carl R. Chapman, Monroe, CT (US);
Assignee:
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/148 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/148 ;
Abstract
Sheet collation apparatus is disclosed in which an initial sheet (A ) from a sheet feeder ( ) is advanced to a collation station ( ), reversed into an accumulation station ( ) and then returned to the collation station where it is collated with the next sheet (A ) from the sheet feeder. This process may be repeated any number of times to form a collation of sheets of any required number.