Patent ID: 7942398
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: B43M,B65H

Abstract:
1. A document handling apparatus, comprising a document transport buffering apparatus, the document transport buffering apparatus comprising: an array of drive belts, wherein each of the drive belts has a general continuous loop shape; an array of aligner belts, wherein the aligner belts are intermixed with the drive belts, wherein each of the aligner belts has a general continuous loop shape and a projection extending in a general cantilever fashion from the aligner belt; a first drive system adapted to rotate the drive belts; and a second drive system adapted to rotate the aligner belts, wherein the second drive system is adapted to rotate at least some of the aligner belts separately relative to each other, wherein the first and second drive systems are adapted to rotate the drive belts and the aligner belts such that a plurality of spaced stacks of documents are transported by the drive belts with one of the projections at a leading edge of each of the stacks and another one of the projections at a trailing edge of each of the stacks.