Patent ID: 6929262
Filing Date: 2005-08-16
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet diverting assembly comprising at least three sheet access openings through which sheets can be fed; and a rotatable diverting member cooperating with each sheet access opening so as to guide a sheet, fed towards the diverting member through one access opening, towards one of the remaining access openings while rotating in a first feed direction and towards the other of the remaining access openings while rotating in a second feed direction, wherein the diverting member includes a plurality of radially extending members the members being sufficiently stiff so as to extend radially outwardly in their rest position but to flex on contact with a sheet as the member rotates, characterized in that the apparatus further comprises a guide member coaxial with the diverting member and rotatable therewith, the guide member having a plurality of rigid, radially outwardly projecting teeth the teeth projecting by a smaller amount than the radially extending members of the diverting member; and in that the assembly further comprises a drive nip cooperating with the radially extending members for guiding a leading edge of a sheet fed through an access opening between the radially extending members so as to engage between adjacent teeth of the guide member.