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US 10,071,877 B2Granted
Dynamic dual bin position collation system
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsDouglas K Herrmann, Kevin St Martin, Timothy J Kelley
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Abstract
A system that eliminates return and reset of a pusher in a media collation system includes the use of bidirectional bins that allow accumulated sets of media in the bins to be collated in first or second directions and pushed to either of two banders rather than being restricted to one bander.
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A method for collecting media in a media collation system, comprising:
- providing a media collation station;
- providing multiple bidirectional bins for collecting sets of media;
- providing each of said multiple bidirectional bins in two separate parts with a passageway therebetween;
- flipping said multiple bidirectional bins into a first position to receive first multiple sets of media and afterwards flipping said multiple bidirectional bins into a second position to receive second multiple sets of media;
- and
- moving a bidirectional pusher through said passageway in forward and reverse directions to capture said sets of media in both directions and remove said sets of media out of said collation station.
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A method for collecting media in a dynamic dual bin position collation system, comprising:
- providing a media collation station that receives media from an upstream source;
- providing dual positioning bins within said collation station to receive said media;
- rotating said dual positioning bins in a first direction to receive first sets of media;
- rotating said dual positioning bins in a second direction to receive second sets of media;
- providing each of said dual positioning bins with a passageway therethrough;
- and
- moving a bidirectional pusher through said passageway in a forward direction to remove said first sets of media and in a reverse direction to remove said second sets of media from said collation station.
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A system for collating media, comprising:
- a media collection station having a plurality of bins adapted to receive sets of media in each of said plurality bins, said plurality of bins being configured for rotation between first and second media receiving positions;
- first and second banders adapted to receive said sets of media from said plurality of bins;
- and
- a pusher adapted to push said sets of media from each of said plurality of bins into said first bander when said plurality of bins have been rotated into said first media receiving position and into said second bander when said plurality of bins have been rotated into said second media receiving position.
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