Abstract: A note disbursing machine is formed with a reject pool section instead of an independent reject box. An uppermost note receiving box is adapted to be accommodated in the note disbursing machine so as to face the reject pool section. The receiving box has an upper cover. A reject box for receiving rejected notes is rotatably mounted on the upper cover. A cover for covering the reject box and guiding the rejected notes is rotatably mounted on the reject box.

Abstract: Switching device arranged to control the movement of postal items into one or other of two alternative directions, comprising a switch tongue (4) which is capable of pivoting between two fixed stops and which can be driven via a slipping clutch (11) by an electro-motor (10) having a very small mass moment of inertia and a very large starting couple.

Abstract: A ticket handling system for use in a ticket preparation system that includes a signal processor for providing print signals to indicate information to be printed on the tickets and write signals to indicate information to be encoded on the tickets; a printer for printing information on ticket stock in response to the print signals; and a transducer for encoding information on the ticket stock in response to the write signals. The ticket handling system includes a feeder module including a feed system for feeding a strip of ticket stock; a cutter module; a cutting device for cutting ticket blanks of a given length from the fed end of the strip; a printer module including the printer means for printing ticket information on the ticket blanks in response to the print signals; and a transport module including the transducer for encoding ticket information on the ticket blanks in response to the write signals.

Abstract: A sheet diverter in the path of a stream of cut sheets to be diverted in predetermined sequence in different directions in which a pair of rotary diverters having cam surfaces thereon divert and guide the sheets in the predetermined sequence relative to a pair of guiding surfaces.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for high-speed in-line or off-line insertion of newspaper supplements and the like into newspaper jackets is disclosed. In in-line insertion, the jackets are indexed and transported through a sensing station where a diverting conveyor takes any jacket that is sensed to be out of position relative to an assembly conveyor carrying pockets. Each pocket receives a jacket and has a fixed side which precedes a pivotal side in the path of travel. The fixed side and the pivotal side are spaced apart at the bottom of the pocket. Adjustable support bars run continuously underneath the pockets bridging the space between pocket sides and support the jacket and insert. The pockets mechanically spread the jackets as the pockets travel downstream, where an insert feeder impels the bottom insert of a stack of inserts into the open pocket. The initial feeding of a jacket, and later feeding of the insert, are sensed photoelectrically.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for exposing the contents of an envelope which has two opposing panels wherein the panels have been separated from each other along all but one edge portion where the panels remain connected. The envelope is gripped on one of the panels and then the envelope is oriented so that at least the contents of the envelope fall away from the gripped panel to thereby expose the envelope contents.

Abstract: A speed compensated timing circuit which detects the velocity of a moving sheet which is to be cut or otherwise processed and which automatically calculates the time delay for actuating a mechanically operating device which controls the cut sheets and which correctly considers and compensates for the delay time of the actuator.

Abstract: A deflecting device for a sheet sorter includes a sheet receiving and transporting assembly having a conveyor system for receiving recording sheets and for transporting the sheets to a collating device, and a main sheet tray overlying the conveyor system. A deflector disposed at an inlet end of the receiving and transporting assembly is movable between a first position in which an upper plate of the deflector forms a continuation of the main tray and sheets are directed onto the main tray, and a second position in which sheets are directed by a lower plate of the deflector to the conveyor system for transport to the collating device.

Abstract: A currency dispensing apparatus has a plurality of customer receipt openings to which an ordered number of banknotes can be sent from a store of banknotes in response to an order signal. The banknotes are dispensed to a collector station through a first feed mechanism in response to the transmitted order signal, and from the collector station to a selected receipt opening by a second feed mechanism which cooperates with a switching device for determining the direction of feed of the second feed mechanism.

Abstract: A document entering a document transport system is assigned an address identification corresponding to a storage location in a shunt command storage member and the shunt command information at the designated location is addressed as the document approaches a document shunt location to determine if the document is to be shunted or permitted to continue in the transport.

Abstract: In a counter stacker for stacking and dividing every predetermined number of printed copies including a counter disposed on a first path of convey along which said copies are successively conveyed partially superimposed one on the other at a constant pitch of superimposing, a first dividing plate disposed on said path and adapted to be inserted between said copies, the above mentioned system has an odd copies dividing and delivering mechanism including a second dividing plate located at the same position with the first dividing plate or at least at a downstream side position of the first dividing plate and a second path only for odd copies and shunting from said first path at said second dividing plate.

Abstract: Apparatus for diverting articles from a belt conveyor at an article-discharge zone, wherein a diverter is moved from a position at the side of the belt to a position wherein it extends at an angle to the direction of movement of the belt transversely of the belt in the path of movement of the articles. The diverter is pivotally mounted to swing through an angle from its retracted position along one side of the belt to its extended position in which it extends across the conveyor at an angle so that articles encounter it and are diverted from the conveyor. The axis of the pivotal movement of the diverter is at the upstream edge of the article-discharge zone and is so positioned that the path of the downstream end of the diverter moves along an arc which intersects the near edge of the belt substantially opposite or downstream from the point where that arc intersects the far edge of the belt.

Abstract: Device for separating out copies in web-fed rotary printing machines at a delivery of a folding apparatus having a main conveyor belt whereon a stream of folded copies are transported in overlapping, fish scale-like arrangement includes a roller pair adjacent the main conveyor belt for deflecting the stream of copies in a fanned-out manner, the deflecting roller pair including one deflecting roller rotatably supporting the main conveyor belt and another deflecting roller located upstream of the one deflecting roller and disposed in substantially horizontal alignment therewith, the other deflecting roller being engageable with the main conveyor belt so as to deflect it and the stream of copies in downward direction, a short additional conveyor belt drivingly engaged by the other deflecting roller and swingable about the other deflecting roller into a normal operating position thereof for transporting properly printed copies to a delivery system and also swingable about the other deflecting roller into another

Abstract: Apparatus for classifying photographic prints which are severed from the leader of a downwardly moving web of exposed and developed photographic paper has side walls which define a downwardly extending channel whose upper end constitutes an inlet for descending prints and whose lower end has two or more discrete outlets. The channel contains one or more blade-like switching members which are movable between several positions to thereby establish paths for descent of sheets from the inlet into a selected outlet. The switching member or members are movable between such positions by electromagnets which are installed externally of the channel and each of which can attract or release one or more swtiching members. The channel can be mounted on a pivotable carrier which can move at least one outlet between two different positions for admission of prints which descend through such outlet into either of two discrete receptacles.

Abstract: A conveyor belt (14) conveys a document (19), (32) over a transparent glass platen (10) to a scanning position. An automatic document feed unit (22), (26) feeds documents (19) from a stack one by one between the lower run of the belt (14) and the platen (10) for conveyance over the platen (10). A manual feed unit (34) feeds documents (32) manually inserted thereinto one by one onto the upper run of the belt (14) from which the documents (32) are guided downwardly over an end of the belt (14) between the lower run of the belt (14) and the platen (10) for conveyance over the platen (10). The relative positions of the automatic and manual feed units (22), (26); (34) may be reversed. The documents (19), (32) are discharged by the belt (14) onto a tray (54) after scanning.

Abstract: Demountable, modular, apparatus permitting item/documents, such for example as checks, to be stacked at high speed on opposite sides of a linear main-line item feed-through pathway. Indicators are included for indicating in which direction, forward, right or left of the main-line pathway an item diverting gate is directed and item position sensing devices are located within and adjacent to the diverting gates. Each demountable module, if more than one is employed, is provided with right and left columnators including concentric roller members disposed between a resilient drive roller. Idler rollers are demountably, replaceably secured adjacent respective drive rollers by resilient flat spring members for ease and efficiency of replacement, repair and/or removal. Each diverting gate includes an LED and phototransistor combination for sensing the passage therethrough of an item.

Abstract: Stacking apparatus for stacking sheets in corner registration to form sets positioned with respect to a finishing device such as a stitcher or stapler. The apparatus comprises a stack support surface which is inclined downwardly towards an endless belt extending across the surface and which forms a registration stop. The belt aligns the sheets in one plane and full corner registration is achieved by driving the belt to feed the sheets against a second registration stop.

Abstract: Sorting and stacking tested conductor plates by forming from the bottom up a stack of conductor plates which have passed the tests, raising from the bottom the entire stack each time a tested conductor plate approaches the bottom of the stack, feeding each tested conductor plate beneath the raised stack to temporary support means, actuating the temporary support means to eject a failed said plate, lowering the stack after an ejection opportunity has passed, whether used or not, and lowering the lifting means below the latest tested plate that has passed the test, so that such a plate is incorporated into the stack before the lifting means is next activated.

Abstract: A device for feeding and stacking documents in a box uses a driven endless belt arranged to sweep tightly along an open side of the box whereby documents may be taken in succession from a feeding station along the belt to the box. The open side of the box is oriented substantially vertically for receiving and thus stacking the documents in an upright position, and a guide roller with an over-shooting guide sheet is located adjacent the bottom edge of the open side to guide upwardly the belt and any form thereon to the open side of the box and to a belt roller located at a higher level than the guide means, while forming an acute angle with the plane of the open side, so that the trailing edge of each document snaps out from contact with the guide sheet before its leading edge abuts a stop surface provided at the upper edge of the box.

Abstract: A copy receiving tray having a general vertical orientation with a bottom stop member a first vertical stacking portion inclined to the horizontal, a second vertical stacking portion on top of the first portion further inclined to the horizontal to provide a stacking surface for copy sheets up to a first size, and a third vertical stacking portion above the second portion generally in the same plane as said first vertical portion to provide a stacking surface for the top portion of a copy sheet of a size greater than said first size.

Abstract: Documents are fed to a platen of a copier from two different feeding apparatus, one of which is a recirculating feeder adapted to sequentially feed a plurality of document sheets from one document to the platen for copying each sheet in a known manner. Typically the recirculating feeder is used in making most of the copies, and it may be used to keep the machine running substantially continuously. The platen also can receive one or more sheets of another document from a document positioner. For example, the positioner can feed a document sheet that is too large to be accommodated by the recirculating feeder, or it can feed a document sheet that may not be reliably handled by the recirculating feeder (such as a document sheet made by assembling copy onto a backing sheet), or the positioner can feed documents comprising a single sheet. Also, the positioner can be used for making document masters that are then copies using the recirculating feeder.