Controller for rotary collator
CA 1104088 A · Owner: Pitney-Bowes, Inc. · Inventors: Fassman, Arnold; Byrne, Leroy H.
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A rotary collator having a rotatable drum with a plurality of radially extending partitions or bins in which sheets to be collated are held by a sheet clamp mounted in each bin. The sheet clamp for each bin has a solenoid-based activating device which releases the sheet clamp during the sheet ejecting portion of the collating cycle according to a program implemented by a controller. The controller is comprised of a programming disc into which selector pins corresponding to specified bins are inserted. The programming disc moves relative to an electromechanical mechanism which enables an electrical switch to complete an electrical circuit to activate the solenoid. The spacing of the selector …
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- Granted June 30, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 30, 1998.
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