Patent ID: 6877743
Filing Date: 2005-04-12
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A document accumulation device comprising: an accumulation receptacle for receiving a plurality of documents therein; a moveable accumulation guide for selectively blocking an end of the accumulation receptacle to retain the plurality of documents; drive means for driving and aligning the plurality of documents sequentially against the accumulation guide and for subsequently ejecting the plurality of documents accumulated in the receptacle as a bundle, the drive means comprising a motor, a motor roller driven to rotate by the motor, and a freely rotating counter roller mounted to pivot towards and away from a position opposite the motor roller; and displacement means for displacing the drive means between a first arrangement in which the drive means provide a first drive force for driving the plurality of documents, and a second arrangement in which the drive means provides a second drive force stronger than the first drive force for driving the plurality of documents together as a bundle out of the accumulation receptacle.