Vibrating tray for diverted card inserts

A card attaching system with a tray for collecting and dispensing diverted cards, including:

• a moving belt that transports sheets of paper on which cards will be deposited;
• a card feeder positioned above the moving belt and depositing cards onto sheets of paper transported on the moving belt, the card feeder including a divert mechanism for diverting rejected cards onto an alternate card path to a tray, so that the rejected cards are not deposited;
• wherein the tray comprises:
• a sloped chute positioned to receive diverted cards from the card feeder at an elevated position over the moving belt and extending down to a lower position beyond an outside edge of the moving belt;
• a chute support extending from the chute to a surface of the moving belt;
• the chute support resting on a roller that is positioned to roll on a surface of the moving belt as it passes under the sloped chute;
• and
• wherein the roller has a configuration selected from one or more of a non-circular or an eccentric configuration, such that the roller will experience a vertical displacement as the roller rotates, imparting a vertical jogging motion on the chute support and the sloped chute.

A method of collecting and dispensing rejected cards in a tray in a card attaching system, the method including:

• transporting sheets of paper on a moving belt;
• feeding cards from a card feeder positioned above the moving belt and depositing cards onto the sheets of paper transported on the moving belt;
• receiving rejected cards from the card feeder in a tray at an elevated position over the moving belt and extending down to a lower position beyond an outside edge of the moving belt;
• vibrating the tray by supporting the tray on a chute support resting on a roller that is positioned to roll on a surface of the moving belt as it passes under the sloped chute and wherein the roller has a configuration selected from one or more of a non-circular or an eccentric configuration, such that the axis of the roller will experience a vertical displacement as the roller rotates, imparting a vertical jogging motion on the chute support and the sloped chute.