B - Operations – Transporting – 65 – H
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
65
H
271/7
B65H 39/02 (2006.01) B43M 3/04 (2006.01) B65H 39/115 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1323383
Abstract A collating station for a machine intended to insert first and second documents into an envelope. Prior to the insertion operation, the first and second documents are advanced serially in a common plane. At a predetermined location, each first document is intercepted and lifted above the common plane and, in a positive fashion, moved to a holding platform spaced above the common plane. The holding platform has a transverse terminal edge downstream from where the first document comes to rest. Thereupon, the first document resting on the holding platform and a following second document which continues to advance along the common plane as the first document travels toward the holding platform are advanced together, now in a parallel spaced relationship, toward a downstream station. As the first and second documents are advanced, the first document drops off the terminal edge of the holding platform and onto the second document thereby completing the collating operation. The operation insures that information presented on the face of the first document desirably remains visible throughout the operation and upon the completion of the operation. Additionally, movement of the first document is positively controlled as it is guided to locations above the common plane, thereby assuring proper collation of the first and second documents. The desired sequence of events performed by the various components can be achieved by means of a variable computer control, or by a fixed timing sequence built into the machine, or by sensors and associated activating devices, or by a combination of these expedients.
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Irvine Robert
Luperti Harry E.
Macrae & Co.
Pitney Bowes Inc.
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