Rotating brush decision gate.

摘要

An automatic printing machine comprising means to form an image on a sheet substrate and a multi-mode sheet output station comprising a bidirectionally rotatable cylindrical fibrous brush decision gate 43 to direct sheets upwardly over the top of said brush in a first sheet transport path between first nip rolls (49) when rotated in a counter clockwise direction and downwardly under the bottom of said brush in a second sheet transport path between second nip rolls (50) when rotated in a clockwise direction and means to selectively rotate said brush in a clockwise and counter clockwise direction.