Patent ID: 6126164
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A bail assembly for stopping each fed sheet of a media in which the sheets are to be stacked on a sheet support so that the sheets have their leading edges substantially vertically aligned including:an arm having one end pivotally supported above the horizontal plane of the sheet support and extending over at least the area of the sheet support having the sheets supported thereon;said arm having contact means adjacent its distal end for making at least one initial transverse line point contact with the top surface of each of the fed sheets; anda stop pivotally supported by said arm adjacent the distal end for engaging a leading edge of each of the fed sheets after said contact means makes the at least one initial transverse line point contact with the top surface of the feed sheet, said stop resting on top of the fed sheets to stop each of the sheets to form the stack with the leading edges of the fed sheets substantially vertically aligned;said bail assembly having no obstruction preventing the leading edge of individual sheets from moving past said contact means.