Diverting apparatus and method for in-line inserting equipment
CA 2080512 C · Owner: Pitney Bowes Inc. · Inventors: Luperti, Harry E.; Edwards, Robert J.
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An apparatus for diverting individual sheets and stacks of sheets from being folded comprises a buckle chute folder having a pair of feed rollers, which form an entrance nip to the buckle chute, and at least one buckle chute. There is a stop member assembly adjacent the buckle chute. The stop member assembly includes a plurality of stop fingers coupled to a solenoid, wherein operation of the solenoid moves the stop fingers from a fold position to a divert position. In one embodiment, the solenoid is a rotary solenoid with the stop fingers being coupled to the shaft of the rotary solenoid. The stop fingers extend through the buckle chute when the solenoid is de-energized and the stop, …
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- Filed October 14, 1992 and granted May 28, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 14, 2012.
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