Patent ID: 9440816
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: B65H

Claim Text:
1. A method for handling image receiving media substrates in an image forming system, comprising: providing a vertical compiler unit downstream at an output of an image receiving media substrate processing device as a transport mechanism for collecting a set of processed image receiving media substrates exiting the output of the image receiving media substrate processing device and for moving collected sets of processed image receiving media substrates from the output of the image receiving media substrate processing device, the vertical compiler unit comprising: wherein the top surface of at least one of the rotating shelf structures including an angled portion that falls away at an angle vertically from the substantially planar portion in a direction toward the image receiving media substrate processing device when the at least one of the rotating shelf structures is in an image receiving media substrate support position, wherein the angled portion guides the processed image receiving media substrates onto the substantially planar portion of the at least one of the rotating shelf structures while exiting the output, and wherein the angle is between 20 to 30 degrees; providing a rotating shelf motor movement controller that controls movement of the transport of the image receiving media substrates exiting the output of the image receiving media substrate processing device including controlling operation of the at least one rotating shelf driving motor; wherein the rotating shelf motor movement controller may be used to control one or more rotating shelf driving motor to drive the plurality of pairs rotating shelf structures simultaneously to move a collection of image receiving media substrates vertically downward to a vertically lower position for delivery substrates onto a transport/output component; collecting the set of processed image receiving media substrates in a first position in which the set of processed image receiving media substrates are supported by the planar top surfaces of the plurality of pairs of rotating shelf structures; receiving, with the rotating shelf motor movement controller, signals regarding image processing in the image receiving media substrate processing device indicating completion of the set of processed image receiving media substrates collected on the plurality of pairs of rotating shelf structures; and causing, with the rotating shelf motor movement controller, the at least one rotating shelf driving motor to operate to rotate the plurality of pairs of rotating shelf structures from the support position to the drop position to drop the set of processed image receiving media substrates from the first position to the second position; wherein opposing rotating shelf structures among each pair of rotating shelf structures being rotated by the at least one rotating shelf driving motor in opposing counter-rotating directions.