Patent ID: 6217274
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A continuous flow transfer apparatus for transferring documents from an infeed tray to a cartridge for conveyance of the documents in the cartridge to a document processing system comprising:a movable infeed conveyor;means to advance infeed trays for containing documents to said infeed conveyor and releasably attach said infeed trays to said infeed conveyor;a moving transfer conveyor to which intermediate containers are fixedly attached;said documents being deposited into an intermediate container as an infeed tray containing said documents is advanced to an inverted position adjacent an intermediate container;said documents being deposited from said intermediate container into a cartridge means as each said intermediate container is advanced to an inverted position adjacent said cartridge means;a movable discharge conveyor, said cartridge means being releasably attached to said discharge conveyor, andmeans to release said cartridge means into which said documents have been deposited from said discharge conveyor and advance said cartridge means and said documents away from said discharge conveyor.