Abstract: This invention is directed to the separation of electromagnetic radiation into a, plurality, of selective wave length bands or colors. The term color separation, broadly applied, is meant to be the separation of primary and secondary or complementary wave lengths or colors for the purpose of geometric imaging. Such color separation is achieved, substantially, instantaneously, without the loss of wave length energy or color intensity by a novel means of reflection, transmission and color filtration. The separated colors or selective wave length bands can be, substantially, instantaneously, recreated as a geometric image or can be recorded for later recreation as a geometric image such as by photographic or movie films or by tapes; lithographic plated or engravings. Also, the separated colors or selective wave length bands can be used in making printing plates, directly, without using film.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a feeding mechanism for a collator. A collator comprises a number of bins wherein multiple copies and multiple pages are inserted into the bins. This feeding mechanism can insert papers into the bins and which papers can move downwardly and into the bins or can move upwardly and into the bins. In one version of this feeding mechanism it is possible for the feeding mechanism to feed the same page of the business papers, continuously, into the bins until all of that page has been inserted into the bins. In this version there is a saving of time and money and paper as it is not necessary to shut down the feeding mechanism while inserting the pages into the bins and thereby there is a saving of time and there is a saving of paper as paper is not wasted during the time the feeding mechanism is not operating.