Document transport arrangement with relay-activated document gripping device including coacting relay armature return
US5261657A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 9, 1993 |
| Grant date | Nov 16, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 9, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2301/34
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An arrangement in an automatic document-handling apparatus for transporting large numbers of documents at high speeds includes first and second transportation paths for the transportation of documents in the direction of their long axes and transverse axes, respectively, and a gripping device for moving documents from the first to the second of these paths. This gripping device includes a firmly mounted, rotatable drive device, and a moveably mounted, relay-activatable co-rotating device rotating together with the drive device when in engagement therewith. The relay is inactive when moving a document between the transportation paths and becomes active upon completion of one revolution of the corotating device. This device is moved into engagement with the drive device, when the relay switches from its active to its inactive state.
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