Patent ID: 6244591
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: B65H,Y10S

Abstract:
A shunt for reversing the conveyance direction of a document, comprising:a front-end roller pair for accepting the incoming document at its front edge;an output roller pair disposed axis-parallel and offset with respect to the front-end roller pair, the output roller pair for outputting the document with its rear edge leading in the opposite direction;a reversing roller disposed axis-parallel on the side opposing the incoming side of the front-end roller pair and of the output roller pair; anda guidance flap for raising the document from a circumference of the reversing roller when the rear edge of document has been taken hold of by the output roller pair and the document is being conveyed by the output roller pair,wherein the reversing roller takes hold of the document conveyed by the front end roller pair and transports the document further until the rear edge of document has left the front-end roller pair and subsequently reverses direction of rotation of the reversing roller to transport the rear edge of document to the output roller pair.