Rotating brush decision gate
US5049947A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 3, 1989 |
| Grant date | Sep 17, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 3, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S271/902
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An automatic printing machine which forms an image on a sheet substrate has a multi-mode sheet output station in the form of a brush decision gate having a bidirectionally rotatable cylindrical fibrous brush to direct sheets upwardly over the top of the brush in a first sheet transport path when rotated in a counter clockwise direction and downwardly under the bottom of the brush in a second sheet transport path when rotated in a clockwise direction, the brush being selectively rotated in a clockwise and counter clockwise direction.
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