(19)
(11) EP 0 313 294 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
13.06.1990 Bulletin 1990/24

(43) Date of publication A2:
26.04.1989 Bulletin 1989/17

(21) Application number: 88309720.6

(22) Date of filing: 17.10.1988
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4B42C 1/12, B65H 3/44, B65H 43/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 23.10.1987 US 111542
08.07.1988 US 217020

(71) Applicant: MAG-TEK, INC.
Carson, CA 90746 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Sheldon, Dunstan P.
    Altadena California 91001 (US)

(74) Representative: Newstead, Michael John et al
Page Hargrave Temple Gate House Temple Gate
Bristol BS1 6PL
Bristol BS1 6PL (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Document-handling apparatus


    (57) Individual raw document forms (D) are picked selectively from any of a plurality of stacks (S1, S2, S3) to be recorded then assembled as a pack (PK). The stacks (S1, S2, S3), in canisters (10, 12, 14), are aligned on ramps with access to the forward document (D) in each stack (S1-S3). A movable carriage or shuttle (16) is commanded to align with a desired stack (S) where the forward document form (D) is grasped and removed. After picking selected documents (D), the shuttle (16) transports them individually to a feed mechanism (24) for delivery to a processor (P, 22) for magnetic recording and printing. A predetermined set of completed documents are then gathered and bound as an individualized pack (PK), as in the form of an airline ticket.







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