Method and apparatus for merging vertical documents with horizontal documents
US5421699A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 18, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jun 6, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 18, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2404/1112
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus and a method for merging vertically oriented documents with horizontally oriented documents. The apparatus includes: a document assembler for receiving vertically oriented documents, the document assembler having a pair of parallel paper paths, wherein each of the paper paths includes a device for transporting the vertically oriented documents and a device for stopping and a device for aligning the vertically oriented documents; a device located beneath the document assembler for re-orienting the documents from the document assembler in a vertical orientation to a horizontal orientation; and a horizontal transport located beneath the re-orienting device for feeding horizontally oriented documents toward the re-oriented documents emerging from the re-orienting device, whereby the horizontally oriented documents are merged with the re-oriented documents from the document assembler.
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