(19)
(11) EP 0 854 106 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
13.01.1999 Bulletin 1999/02

(43) Date of publication A2:
22.07.1998 Bulletin 1998/30

(21) Application number: 97113269.1

(22) Date of filing: 31.07.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: B65H 39/10
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 21.01.1997 US 792912

(71) Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Company
Palo Alto, California 94304 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Fuentes, Baldemar
    Meridian, Idaho 83642 (US)

(74) Representative: Schoppe, Fritz, Dipl.-Ing. 
Schoppe & Zimmermann Patentanwälte Postfach 71 08 67
81458 München
81458 München (DE)

   


(54) Rotary paper diverter


(57) A printer (11) or other sheet media handling equipment is provided with an output diverter (51) which is pivoted with respect to the printer (11) in order to discharge the sheet media (15) to selected ones of a plurality of output bins (19). The pivoting maintains a relative alignment between an output paper path of the printer (11) and the selected bin (19) by shifting the sheet media path at the diverter (51). In order to maintain registration of the diverter (51) with the printer's output (17), a funnel-shaped input consisting of a pair of panels extending across a width of the printer's output are used to guide the paper to the diverter (51). The funnel shape permits the diverter (51) to pivot and remain within registration of the printer's output (17).






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