US 11,987,470 B2
Sheet collating device
David Dronsfield, Buckhurst Hill (GB)
Assigned to QUADIENT TECHNOLOGIES FRANCE, Bagneux (FR)
Filed by QUADIENT TECHNOLOGIES FRANCE, Bagneux (FR)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/841,309.
Claims priority of application No. 21305884 (EP), filed on Jun. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0411223 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B65H 39/07 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 39/07 (2013.01) [B65H 2301/435 (2013.01); B65H 2402/441 (2013.01); B65H 2403/72 (2013.01); B65H 2404/232 (2013.01); B65H 2404/63 (2013.01); B65H 2553/00 (2013.01); B65H 2601/11 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sheet collating device for accumulating sheets from at least one hopper, comprising:
a lower transport path and an upper transport path;
a switchable guide for directing the sheets from the at least one hopper to the lower or the upper transport path;
left and right upper drive shafts connected to a right and a left upper drive pulleys supporting a pair of upper belts, a drive direction of the pair of upper belts being changed dependent on what transport path of the upper and lower transport paths is selected;
first and second lower drive shaft connected to a right and a left lower drive pulleys supporting first and second pairs of lower belts; and
a first series of right paddles mounted on the first pair of lower belts and a first series of left paddles mounted on the second pair of lower belts for registering a collated set of sheets.