Job offset assembly
US6053494A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 4, 1997 |
| Grant date | Apr 25, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 4, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H29/60
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A job offset assembly to separate into multiple stacks the output from a copier, printer or the like, includes a platform upon which a plurality of offset assemblies are rotatably mounted, each offset assembly including a skew roller which turns about an axis that, when the offset assemblies are rotated, is not parallel to the axis about which a drive roller associated with the skew roller turns. A gear or rack-and-pinion type offset actuation system enables the offset assemblies to rotate repeatedly back and forth between predetermined positions, so that as media encounters the skew rollers it is directed against a reference edge and into an output stack associated with the offset assembly position.
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