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Apparatus for identifying and storing documents

US4759448A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 18, 1986
Grant dateJul 26, 1988
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Expiry dateNov 18, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K13/14
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus for identifying and storing documents of two different types according to those types, each document including indicia corresponding to the document type, comprising: a receiver for receiving documents to be identified and stored; an identifying mechanism for identifying the type of document received by the receiver as one of the two types; a conveyor responsive to the identifying mechanism for conveying documents to be stored to one of two loading positions corresponding to each of the two types; a stationary loading device positioned adjacent each loading position; and a movable container including a storage space corresponding to each of the two types for forcing a document to be stored from one of the loading positions into one of the storage spaces when the container is moved toward the document.

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