Locked drawer sorter
US5328170A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 10, 1992 |
| Grant date | Jul 12, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 10, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2408/111
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A random access sorter has a plurality of trays in a vertical stack into which are deposited sheets of printed material from an office printer, facsimile machine or other source of printed sheets. The sorter has a sheet transport and gates at the respective trays to deflect sheets from the transport in a selected tray. Each tray is in the form of a drawer normally locked in a sheet receiving position. A gate closing device closes the selected gate to a sheet deflecting position from a normal position permitting the sheet to pass by the trays. The gate closing actuator device is also an actuator for selectively unlocking the drawers which are normally locked.
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