DISTRIBUTEUR DE FEUILLETS

摘要

Sheet distributing mechanism in which sheets may be distributed under the control of punched tape to any selected catch tray in any one of a plurality of racks of catch trays with the mechanism being such that, after the selection of a tray, a counter may operate to direct a predetermined number of sheets to the tray without requiring the storing of additional sheet addresses on the tape. The operator may set a number in any one of a plurality of registers which can be selected by the tape to control the number of sheets to be delivered to a catch tray. When a sheet enters the sheet distributing mechanism, it causes the reading of an address from the tape and as it approaches the first rack of trays, it calls the address forward to a rack register. A decoder on the first rack directs the sheet into the rack if the address is for the rack by opening a rack gate if it is not already open and sets a tray gate within the rack to divert the sheet to the proper catch tray. If the address is not for the first rack, the sheet proceeds to the second rack and effects a transfer of its address to the second rack register. The operation of decoding the address is again performed at the second rack and if the address is for the second rack, a rack gate is opened if it is not already open and a tray gate in the rack is set. If the address is not for the second rack, the sheet proceeds to the third rack and the operation is repeated.