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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2007
David B. Tratar, Dearborn, MI (US);
David B. Tratar, Dearborn, MI (US);
Burroughs Payment Systems, Inc., Plymouth, MI (US);
Abstract
An improved document feeder flag assembly is disclosed. The improved document feeder flag assembly allows single handed, on the fly loading of a document sorter. A method for loading a document sorting machine with a single hand, while the method of operating the machine is also disclosed. The document feeder flag assembly includes a baseplate and a pivot post attached to the baseplate. Further, the assembly includes a flag arm having a first side and a second side, the first side of the flag arm is attached to the pivot post. There is also a feeder flag having a first side and a second side, the first side of the feeder flag being attached to a second side of the flag arm. The document feeder flag assembly also includes a resistance device attached between the feeder flag and the flag arm.