| 摘要 |
The present invention is directed to a photocopier collator wherein a movable paper chute is disposed between the discharge slot of a photocopy machine and the entry point of a plurality of bins mounted adjacent thereto. The movable paper chute is designed to receive copies from the photocopy machine and to direct them successively into one of the bins. The chute is successively diverted to each of the predetermined number of bins by means of a pulse from the photocopy machine which indicates that a copy has been produced and discharged to a bin. The pulse actuates a solenoid which controls a cam latch thereby releasing a follower, which is attached to the movable paper chute. Actuation of the solenoid successively lowers the paper chute to divert successive sheets of photocopies to each of the predetermined number of bins. After the pulse from the photocopy machine has actuated the solenoid, the latch is pulled away from the solenoid by means of a spring. After the predetermined number of photocopies have been diverted to each of the successive bins, a second solenoid returns the movable paper chute to repeat the cycle.
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