Copy quantity collation system
CA 1057230 A · Owner: Xerox Corporation · Inventors: Nelson, John A.
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A copy distribution system for sorting copies of document information in a stacking mode a regular collating mode or a special collating mode where different numbers of copies are distributed to sorter bins at the option of a machine operator. A programmable device settable by the machine operator enables distributing sheets in different modes of operation. In the special collating mode logic counts the copies advanced along a transport path until the selected count including zero has been satisfied and a signal is then supplied to an index motor which mechanically opens and closes the gates to the bins. Upon energization of the index motor each of the gates opens and closes in a …
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- Granted June 26, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 26, 1996.
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