Patent ID: 7681883

Claim:
A diverter assembly for an associated printing system including an associated controller and an associated media pathway having an associated diversion point and associated first and second paths extending therefrom, said diverter assembly comprising: a first rotary member including a first longitudinal axis and a first diverter surface eccentric to said first longitudinal axis, said first rotary member supported along one side of the associated media pathway such that said first longitudinal axis is disposed approximately transverse to the associated media pathway, and said first rotary member rotatable about said first longitudinal axis such that upon full rotation of said first rotary member about said first longitudinal axis said first diverter surface extends into the associated media pathway and is retracted out of the associated media pathway at least once; a second rotary member including a second longitudinal axis and a second diverter surface eccentric to said second longitudinal axis, said second rotary member supported along an opposing side of the associated media pathway from said first rotary member such that said second longitudinal axis is disposed approximately transverse to the associated media pathway, and said second rotary member rotatable about said second longitudinal axis such that upon full rotation of said second rotary member about said second longitudinal axis said second diverter surface extends into the associated media pathway and is retracted out of the associated media pathway at least once; a first rotational motion source in electrical communication with the associated controller and connected to said first rotary member; and, a second rotational motion source in electrical communication with the associated controller and connected to said second rotary member for; said first and second rotational motion sources operating in: a first mode in which said first and second rotary members are continuously and synchronously rotated through full rotations about said first and second longitudinal axes during which rotation said first and second diverter surfaces are oriented in and substantially maintained at a first rotational phase angle relative to one another; and, a second mode in which said first and second rotary members are asynchronously rotated about said first and second longitudinal axes during which rotation said first and second diverter surfaces are oriented in a second rotational phase angle relative to one another that is different than said first rotational phase angle and in which at least a portion of each of said first and second diverter surfaces extend into and are maintained within the associated media pathwav such that a gap is maintained within the associated media between the first and second diverter surfaces.