Document sorter and stacker, particularly for document processors

Apparatus for sorting and stacking documents, comprising:

• means for transporting documents along a predetermined transport path;
• a plurality of pockets into which predetermined ones of said documents are respectively sorted and stacked;
• a plurality of slotted disc assemblies respectively associated with each of said pockets, each of said slotted disc assemblies having a document capture slot adapted to be positioned into and out of alignment with said document transport path;
• and
• control means maintaining alignment of the corresponding slot of a selected one of said disc assemblies with said document transport path in response to the identification of a particular document for capturing a leading end of said particular document, said control means further rotating each disc assembly upstream of said selected disc assembly along the transport path in response to the identification of said particular document to position the capture slot of each upstream disc assembly out of alignment with the document transport path, the rotation of each upstream disc assembly assisting the transport of the particular document downstream along the transport path, said control means further enabling rotation of said selected disc assembly after said capturing of said leading end of said particular document to deliver said particular document into the pocket associated with said selected disc assembly.