Patent ID: 8459644

Claim:
An inverter comprising: separate inverting paths including at least a first inverting path and a second inverting path; a first idler roller; a second idler roller; a roller positioned between the first idler roller and the second idler roller to form a first nip between the roller and the first idler roller and to form a second nip between the roller and the second idler roller; a gate being configured to direct sequentially spaced apart printed sheets to the first and second nips in alternating sequence; and an actuator operatively connected to the roller, the actuator being configured to: rotate the roller in a first direction to direct a first sheet of the sequentially spaced apart printed sheets received from the gate into the first nip; and rotate the roller in a second direction opposite the first direction to direct the first sheet from the first nip and into a first inverting path and to simultaneously direct a second sheet of the sequentially spaced apart printed sheets received from the gate into the second nip.