Accumulator having power ramp
US6644657B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 25, 2001 |
| Grant date | Nov 11, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 10, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2404/221
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The present invention concerns a document processing and collating machine having a feeding path leading to at least one document conveying devices having one or more document accumulating bins for receiving a series of documents that are fed downstream in spaced apart collations with documents in shingled relationship. The document accumulator bins have an intermediate conveying and diverting apparatus which is momentarily engaged to cause a leading end of a shingled collation of documents to be diverted into a document accumulating bin where the documents are registered at their common leading end at a nip of a set of downstream conveying rollers that are stopped during the registration process.
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