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US 3,938,801 AGranted
Continuous operating collator
OwnerDavid H. Hollidayinventor
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Abstract
This invention is for a collator for business papers wherein multiple copies and multiple pages are prepared. The collator, for the same page, can run continuously thereby saving time and money and paper. The collator comprises bins, arranged with one bin above the other bin, and with the bins offset from each other so as to appear to be at an angle.
Claims29
A collator comprising:
- a. at least two columns identified as a first column and a second column,
- b. each column having a plurality of bins;
- c. said columns being juxtapositioned to each other;
- d. said columns being on a bias at a slant;
- e. said bins being, substantially, horizontal;
- f. an upper bin, partially, overlying the next lower bin and, partially extending over the next lower bin;
- and,
- g. the top bins in the second column overlying, substantially, the lowest bin in the first column.
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A combination of a collator and a feeding mechanism, said collator comprising:
- a. at least two columns identified as a first column and a second column;
- b. each column having a plurality of bins;
- c. said columns being juxtapositioned to each other;
- d. said columns being on a bias at a slant;
- e. said bins being, substantially, horizontal;
- f. an upper bin, partially, overlying the next lower bin and, partially extending over the next lower bin;
- g. the top bins in the second column overlying, substantially, the lowest bin in the first column;
- h. said feeding mechanism being positioned to introduce a material to a bin in a column;
- i. said feeding mechanism being capable of introducing said materials to adjacent bins in a column;
- j. said feeding mechanism being capable of introducing said materials to bins in adjacent columns;
- and,
- k. means to move said collator and said feeding mechanism with respect to each other a distance equal to, substantially, the distance the upper bin extends over the next lower bin.
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A method for, continuously, collating sheet material, said method comprising:
- a. positioning a first column and a second column of bins adjacent to each other;
- b. each column having a plurality of bins;
- c. positioning said bins in a column so that an upper bin, partially, overlies the next lower bin and, partially, extends over the next lower bin;
- d. the top receiving bin in the second column overlying, substantially, the lowest receiving bin in the first column;
- and,
- e. feeding, continuously, said sheet material to said bins in said columns and in feeding said sheet material moving said sheet material and said columns with respect to each other both, horizontally, and, vertically.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.