Trailing edge deflector for sheet handling apparatus
AssigneePitney Bowes Inc.
InventorsGeoffrey Farmer, Peter Watson, Keith Watts
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Abstract
A sheet handling apparatus for feeding a sequential plurality of sheets is disclosed having a sheet feed path for guiding sheets in a sheet feeding direction through the apparatus, the apparatus comprising driving means for driving sheets along the sheet feed path, and trail edge deflecting means located on the sheet feed path, the trail edge deflecting means being arranged to deflect the trailing edge of a leading sheet to ensure overlap by a following sheet on a predetermined side of the leading sheet.
Claims26
A sheet handling apparatus for feeding a sequential plurality of sheets comprising:
- a sheet feed path for guiding sheets in a sheet feeding direction through the apparatus;
- driving means for driving sheets along the sheet feed path;
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- trail edge deflecting means located on the sheet feed path, the trail edge deflecting means being arranged to deflect the trailing edge of a leading sheet to ensure overlap by a following sheet on a predetermined side of the leading sheet.
A method of sheet handling in which a plurality of sheets are successively fed to an overlapping station, and the trailing edge of each sheet is deflected laterally to ensure correct ordering in the overlapping station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.