Abstract: Apparatus for transporting and cooling toner bearing sheets discharged from a fuser includes a structure having a pair of superposed sheet passageways, the entrance to the passageways being located at one end of the structure. The structure is moved so that successive sheets from the fuser are alternately fed to the passageways and fluidic means move the sheets through the passageways and out of the structure, the directions in which a sheet travels in entering and leaving the structure being, generally, orthogonal.

Abstract: Integral with a high speed, computer control banking machine is a depository system to provide a fully automatic teller station. At the customer interface there is an entry gate controlled to an open position by a solenoid actuated in accordance with computer generated signals. A deposit envelope inserted through the entry gate is detected by a light sensor as it moves along a belt transport extending to a printing station. Positioned along the belt transport is a second sensor, which in combination with the first sensor, determines the length of an inserted envelope to insure acceptance by the depository stacker pockets. After an envelope has been transported to the printing station, a numeric print machine is actuated to imprint on the envelope identifying data. A sensor responsive to the completion of the printing cycle actuates a transverse transport for delivering the envelope into one of two stacker pockets.

Abstract: This invention pertains to the type of apparatus for handling sheets shown in U.S. Pat. No. 3,658,322 and particularly to the take-off conveyor on such apparatus on which the direction of the sheets issued from the sheet making machine is changed toward a stacker.

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.

Abstract: This invention pertains to the type of apparatus for handling sheets shown in U.S. Pat. No. 3,658,322 and particularly to the take-off conveyor on such apparatus on which the direction of the sheets issued from the sheet making machine is changed toward a stacker.

Abstract: In an apparatus for depositing flat articles that are being fed whilst clamped between a pair of double belt conveyors engaging said articles near respective margins thereof, a cam-operated thrust ejector is disposed between the double belt conveyors and is adapted to move through the conveying plane of the conveyors each time an article is to be ejected from the conveyors. The belts of the conveyors are compressible by rollers disposed to both sides thereof, the rollers on at least one side being retractable by control means when the ejector is actuated.

Abstract: A document reproduction machine, such as an electrostatic copier, has a copy station with a front reference edge for operator convenience. A reproduction station adjacent the copy station reverses the image such that the reference edge is at a rear or remote position from the operator. The duplicate copy is initially referenced to the rear reference edge. An aligner in a transfer station moves the duplicate copy to a front reference edge and into an exit station which may include a collator. In a minimal transport distance, documents of various lengths are automatically handled and aligned by the apparatus.

Abstract: Disclosed is a document view station adjacent to a document guideway that will, upon being alerted to a misread document, ready itself to intercept the misread document. Once intercepted the misread document may be cammed out of the guideway to a position where it may be easily viewed, tactilibly manipulated, and optionally cammed back to its original location in the document stream for further processing. The document view station additionally has the ability to self-adjust its camming to the width of the document.

Abstract: Disclosed is a document view station adjacent to a document guideway that will, upon being alerted to a misread document, ready itself to intercept the misread document. Once intercepted the misread document may be cammed out of the guideway to a position where it may be easily viewed, tactilibly manipulated, and optionally cammed back to is original location in the document stream for further processing. The document view station additionally has the ability to self-adjust its camming to the width of the document.

Abstract: A transport for conveying an article between two positions is provided which is capable of high speed article transfer while maintaining positive article control. The preferred embodiment is intended to operate with relatively thin and small labels finding applications as postal destination designators. The transport includes a plurality of aligned take-away devices which receive a set of articles from the output side of a high speed cutter. Each of the take-away devices includes at least one conveyor for advancing an individual article. The individual take-away devices also exerts positive control on each article during article advancement along the conveyor. The conveyor of each take-away devices is timed so that articles advancing along successive conveyors are automatically staggered with respect to other articles in each set. The speed of the conveyors of each take-away devices is set so that the transport acts as a constant speed device, regardless of the input speed of articles into the transport.

Abstract: Large sheets of rigid cookie wafers carried by a first conveyor are longitudinally divided by a saw. The resulting small sheets are laterally spaced and each is fed between positioning guides onto a pair of edge support members positioned over a second conveyor extending at right angles to the first conveyor. Each support member is mounted on a pair of arms extending upwardly from a rotatable shaft passing beneath the second conveyor. The pair of shafts carrying each pair of edge support members are rotated simultaneously in opposite directions by a cam driven lever arrangement to separate the support members allowing the sheet supported thereby to drop upon the seond conveyor. Separate cams control each pair of shafts and the two sheets are dropped in sequence to provide an uninterrupted flow of evenly spaced sheets on the second conveyor.

Abstract: A reproduction machine adapted for producing copies of an original on either or both sides of a copy sheet and forwarding the finished copy to a collator. To collate the produced copy in the proper orientation, an inverter-reverser is employed to allow single-sided copy to pass directly to the collator, route single-sided copy to a secondary feed tray for subsequent processing to allow copying on the reverse side of the sheet to produce duplex copies, and for inverting duplex copies prior to delivery to the collator to provide the required sheet orientation in the collator.

Abstract: A plurality of transfer conveyors are arranged at right angles to and spaced along a main conveyor for transferring selected sheets from said main conveyor and either dropping them in a reject bin or stacking them in separate piles depending upon the size of the sheets. The transfer conveyors overlie the main conveyor and operate to pick up sheets from the main conveyor by Bernoulli's principle and permit them to slide by gravity to the stacking or reject means while supported in non-contacting relation by the nozzles. The nozzles are selectively actuated in groups to achieve the pickup, reject and stacking functions.

Abstract: A plurality of transfer conveyors are arranged at right angles to and spaced along a main conveyor for transferring selected sheets from said main conveyor and either dropping them in a reject bin or stacking them in separate piles depending upon the size of the sheets. The transfer conveyors overlie the main conveyor and operate to pick up sheets from the main conveyor by Bernoulli's principle and permit them to slide by gravity to the reject bin while supported in non-contacting relation by the nozzles. The nozzles are selectively actuated in groups to achieve the pickup and reject functions. Sheets not rejected leave the lower end of the transfer conveyor and fly free to the stack receiver which is positioned in line with the conveyor and spaced outwardly therefrom.

Abstract: An article stacking apparatus for stacking flat randomly shaped articles and the like including a movable article transporter, inclined slides located beneath the transporter, and containers having three sides and an open top located at the lower end of the slides. The transporter, slides and the containers are uniquely configured to minimize the impact velocity of the article with the slide and to permit the random articles to be placed in a stack that has two flush sides. Elevators are provided for adjusting the height of the containers in accordance with the height of the stack, and sensors are provided which detect the height of the stack and feed appropriate signals to an elevator control circuit which controls the elevators.

Abstract: An envelope filling machine including conveyor apparatus for transporting individual envelopes from a feed station to a filling station for receiving an insert therein. Positioned intermediate the feed and the filling stations there is provided a spreading device for opening the mouth of the envelope and a dampener device for moistening the gummed flap of the envelope. The conveyor apparatus is arranged to transport an envelope to the filling station in a feeding direction in a first transport plane and, in response to completion of an envelope stuffing operation, the conveyor apparatus is pivoted into a second transport plane inclined downwardly towards the feed station.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for automatically conveying and stacking sheet material is provided in which the sheet material is first moved to a tiltable table assembly which tilts towards the vertical position to transfer the material from the table to a receiving means, the material being placed and detained on the receiving means in a substantially vertical position.

Abstract: A method for filling a shipping carton with flat-folded boxes supplied in substantially horizontal shingled array from a processing machine, comprising positioning an empty carton in displaceable manner on a support below the supply from said processing machine, supporting said boxes in shingled array while advancing them along a curved path to substantially vertical shingled array, discharging said vertically shingled boxes successively into said carton, and supporting said discharged boxes on one flat surface thereof within said carton, whereby the force of said boxes as discharged causes said carton to be displaced on its support. The apparatus includes a pair of cooperating curved conveyors extending from said manufacturing machine conveyor to said carton, whereby said boxes are transferred from horizontal shingled array to vertical shingled array and are successively discharged into said carton in vertical disposition.