Sheet handling apparatus
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorHarold Pershing Wicklund
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Abstract
Sheet handling apparatus for feeding just-burst sheets along a sheet path to a stacker mechanism where the sheets are stacked on end in the same order they entered. The stacker bed is adjustable to receive any of a predetermined sizes of sheets. A plurality of feeding means is spaced along the sheet path and these feeding means are actuated to feed the predetermined size sheet by setting the stacker bed in position. As the sheets are fed along the sheet path, each sheet can be selectively laterally offset to facilitate the separation of the sheets into sets of copies, data sets or jobs.
Claims14
Apparatus for transporting sheets along a predetermined path at a predetermined velocity to a sheet receiving means comprising:
- a plurality of feeding means spaced along said path;
- means for selectively actuating each of said feeding means;
- sheet receiving means positioned at the end of said path for receiving said sheets in serial order;
- means for setting the sheet receiving means to receive a predetermined size sheet;
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- means actuated by said setting means for selectively actuating said feeding means for feeding said predetermined size sheet to said sheet receiving means.
Apparatus for transporting sheets along a predetermined path at a predetermined velocity to a sheet receiving means comprising:
- a plurality of feeding means spaced along said path;
- means for selectively actuating each of said feeding means;
- sheet receiving means positioned at the end of said path for receiving said sheets in serial order;
- means for setting the sheet receiving means to receive a predetermined size sheet;
- means actuated by said setting means for selectively actuating said feeding means for feeding said predetermined size sheet to said sheet receiving means;
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- means for selectively producing a lateral displacement of said sheet as it is moved along said predetermined path at said predetermined velocity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.