Secondary pivotal drive stacker roller enabling stacking of small and large documents

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5172909
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07802049

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A secondary pivotal drive stacker roller assembly for a document sorting and conveying apparatus adapted for sorting documents of various lengths, preferably from a primary document path to at least one secondary document path leading to a document stacking station, the roller assembly including a roller oriented for rotation about a vertical axis and for engaging shorter length documents advanced along the secondary document path, a pivot arm for reciprocally pivoting the roller into and out of engagement with documents advanced along the secondary document path, and a control system for controlling the pivot arm to selectively position the roller for engaging the shorter length documents, and to disengage the roller from the secondary document path when longer length documents are to be sorted.

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BELL AND HOWELL LLC3791 S ALSTON AVENUE DURHAM NC 27713

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Ricciardi, Mario Glenview, IL 22 226

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