Patent ID: 9580266
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: B65H,F16H

Claim:
1. A multi-path media diverter system for selectively directing a media sheet from a media path to one of a plurality of output destinations, the media diverter system comprising: a frame; a first stage diverter assembly having an input and a first output and at least one second output, the input of the first stage diverter assembly in communication with the media path and sized to receive the media sheet; at least one second stage diverter assembly having an input and a first and at least one second output, the input of the at least one second stage diverter assembly in communication with one of the first and the at least one second outputs of the first stage diverter assembly, and the first and the at least one second outputs of the at least one second stage diverter assembly in communication with a respective first and at least one second output destination in the plurality of output destinations; each of the first and the at least one second stage diverter assemblies comprising: and, a drive mechanism having a single drive motor operably coupled to the drive gears of the first and the at least one second stage diverter assemblies, wherein as the respective drive gears are rotated by the drive motor, the input of the first stage diverter assembly is sequentially connected to each output destination in the predetermined plurality of output destinations.