Self-contained motor-driven collator deflector
CA 1087545 A · Owner: International Business Machines Corporation · Inventors: Schell, Francis J.; Gambrell, Joseph L.; Baumann, Gerald W.
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Abstract of the Disclosure, A movable self-contained deflector unit for directing sheets into the paper bin of a multi-bin collator. A first motor is mounted on the frame of the deflector unit to drive transport rolls also mounted thereon. The transport roll provides the final impetus for moving the sheets into the collator bin. A second motor is mounted on the frame of the deflector unit to drive the unit to a selected bin. The motor may be reversible in order to approach a selected bin from either direction. Alternatively, movement of the deflector unit in the second direction may be obtained through a spring motor wound through deflector unit movement in the first direction. Speed of the …
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- Granted October 14, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 14, 1997.
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