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Document retrieval system
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Inventors: Kalthoff, Robert J.; Neumeier, Paul J.;
Assignee: O. K. Partnership (Cincinnati, OH)
Primary Examiner: Knowles; Allen N.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Wood, Herron & Evans
Apparatus for (a) selecting plural desired edge-notched coded documents from different decks of similarly coded documents successively delivered to a document selector from a remote mass document store, in which selection process the selected documents extend only partially out of their respective decks in a direction parallel to their code-notched edge, and (b) successively fully removing the partially extending documents selected from the various successively retrieved decks and temporarily storing them in a temporary storage zone prior to ejecting them into a stationary container in which they are accumulated for manual removal at the convenience of an operator. Also included is a movable selected document removal and temporary storage assembly which traverses along a path adjacent the document selector proximate the leading edges of documents selected from the deck thereat. The traversing assembly is provided with means for successively removing from the deck selected documents extending into its traversing path at different points therealong and temporarily storing the selected cards so removed in a temporary storage zone incorporated in the traversing assembly. The traversing assembly further includes a document ejecting assembly which, when the traversing assembly is in its home position clear of the document selector following traversal of each deck, is effective to eject selected documents located in the temporary storage zone thereof into a stationary container adjacent the home position for accumulation and subsequent manual removal by an operator. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION We claim: 1.
Apparatus for selecting, removing and storing at least one desired document selected from among a plurality of undesired documents, comprising: a plurality of generally planar documents each having opposite faces, each said document encoded along at least one sorting edge to facilitate distinguishing said documents from each other, said documents each having a leading edge disposed transversely to said at least one sorting edge, said documents each also having a trailing edge opposite said leading edge and a length measured between said leading and trailing edges, a document selector in which said coded documents are randomly positionable in a deck in registry in face-to-face relation at a sort position with their respective sorting and leading edges aligned, said leading and sorting edges of said aligned and registered documents when in said sort position in said deck collectively defining leading edge and sorting edge planes, respectively, said document selector including sorting elements proximate said sorting edge plane and cooperable with said document sorting edges to select at least one desired document from said plurality of documents in said deck and advance it forwardly relative to said deck in a direction parallel to its sorting edge to a selected document position whereat its leading edge is displaced forwardly of said leading edge plane a preset distance less than said length of said document, said leading edge of said selected document lying in a selected document leading edge plane disposed parallel to said leading edge plane and forwardly thereof by a distance equal to said preset distance, selected document removal and storage means mounted for movement along a traversing path in a direction parallel to said leading edge plane, said selected document removal and storage means having a temporary document storage zone therein, said selected document removal and storage means further having a document removal assembly thereon engageable with a selected desired document located at said selected document position for fully removing said at least one selected desired document engaged therewith from said deck and transferring it to said temporary storage zone, and drive means for moving said selected document removal means along said traversing path
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