Patent ID: 8002118
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: B65H,G07D

Abstract:
1. An automated document processing apparatus comprising: a detector; a plurality of pockets; and, a pocket selector gate assembly, the pocket selector gate assembly causing a document being processed by the apparatus to be routed to one of the plurality of pockets based on information read from the document by the detector, the route of the document being determined by the position of a pocket selector gate, the pocket selector gate position being controlled by a motor, a link arm and a pin which is mechanically coupled to a mating slot of the pocket selector gate, the mechanical coupling being such that, when the pocket selector gate is in a first position, the pocket selector gate is locked in place in the first position even after the motor has been deenergized due to the pin being on a first side of a mid-point of the motor, and when the pocket selector gate is in a second position, the pocket selector gate is locked in place in the second position even after the motor has been deenergized due to the pin being on the other side of the mid-point of the motor.