(19)
(11) EP 1 864 925 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
19.12.2007 Bulletin 2007/51

(43) Date of publication A2:
12.12.2007 Bulletin 2007/50

(21) Application number: 07114994.2

(22) Date of filing: 06.06.2005
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B65H 1/06(2006.01)
B65H 39/10(2006.01)
B65H 15/00(2006.01)
 B65H 3/06(2006.01)
B65H 29/60(2006.01)
B65H 33/14(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA HR LV MK YU

(30) Priority: 04.06.2004 US 576629 P
29.11.2004 US 631160 P

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
05747312.6 / 1751043

(71) Applicant: De La Rue International Limited
Basingstoke, Hampshire RG22 4BS (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • Calverley, Simon
    Horndean, Hampshire PO8 9PJ (GB)
  • Skinner, John Alan
    Havant, hampshire PO9 2QQ (GB)
  • Hosking, Steven Michael
    Waterlooville, hampshire PO7 7JG (GB)
  • Leonard, Antony John
    Gosport, hampshire PO12 4ER (GB)

(74) Representative: Skone James, Robert Edmund 
Gill Jennings & Every LLP Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street
London EC2M 7LH
London EC2M 7LH (GB)

   


(54) Document Sorting Machine


(57) A document sorting device (1) is disclosed. The device has a document transport; an output pocket (5a,5b,5c) associated with a diverter (400,401,402) for diverting selected documents from the transport into the output pocket; and a first sensor (222) for detecting the presence of a document in a region of the transport downstream from the diverter. The first sensor (222) is connected to a controller adapted to indicate that a document has been diverted into the output pocket when the first sensor fails to detect the document.







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