Patent ID: 6196464
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: B65H,G07D

Abstract:
A document routing mechanism for selectively directing documents traveling along a first feed path to either a second feed path or to a continuation portion of the first feed path, and for selectively directing documents returning on the second feed path to the continuation portion of the first feed path, the document routing mechanism comprising:first deflecting means moveable within the first feed path; andsecond deflecting means moveable within the second feed path, the first deflecting means being moveable relative to the second deflecting means and interconnected therewith by gearing therebetween, the first and second deflecting means cooperating in a first position to deflect movement of a document between the first and second feed paths, and also cooperating in a second position joining together said continuation portion of said first feed path with both said first and second feed paths to direct said documents from said first and second feed paths to said continuation portion of said first feed path.