Patent ID: 7967291
Filing Date: 2011-06-28
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A document sorting machine having a transport and at least one pocket module for stacking documents wherein each document has a leading edge and a tail, said pocket module comprising: a base plate; a gate mounted on said base plate having a first position which allows a document to continue along said transport and a second position which intersects said transport to divert a document from said transport into an entry of a pocket adjacent said base plate, said pocket adapted to receive said documents; a kicker mounted on said base plate downstream of said gate, said kicker (a) having a first position which allows said document to enter said pocket and (b) being movable to a second position to kick said tail of said document away from said entry and into said pocket; and detent means on said base plate for preventing said tail of said document from moving back towards said entry after said tail of said document has been moved into said pocket; said detent means comprising: