Patent ID: 9463945
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: B65H

Claim Text:
1. A system comprising: a document-processing device positioned along a processing path, said document-processing device creating sign workpieces, said document-processing device comprising a controller regularly receiving a series of different jobs, each of said jobs containing different job-specific instructions that each define a job-specific number and sequence of sign workpieces; a transport device positioned along said processing path, said transport device being operatively connected to said controller; a compiler positioned along said processing path, said compiler being operatively connected to said controller; and a collating system connected to said compiler, said collating system being operatively connected to said controller, said transport device removing said sign workpieces from said processing path of said document-processing device and stacking said sign workpieces in said compiler as controlled by said job-specific instructions, said compiler comprising a plurality of bins temporarily holding said sign workpieces above said collating system during a first operation of said collating system as controlled by said job-specific instructions, said collating system comprising: following actuation and reset of said collating system, said compiler moving said sign workpieces to said collating system as controlled by said job-specific instructions, and said controller independently and automatically controlling operation of said compiler and actuation of said collating system based on said job instructions defining said job-specific number and sequence of sign workpieces to continuously and dynamically order and collate sign workpieces in coordination in real time with each different job-specific sequence and number of said sign workpieces as said sign workpieces are output from said transport device, without pausing between said different jobs.