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 Document facing method and apparatus

Details
Inventors: Mennie, Douglas U.; Seelenbinder, Terry G.; Jenrick, Charles P.; Anderson, Matthew L.;
Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp. (Mount Prospect, IL)
Primary Examiner: Sipos; John
Assistant Examiner: Jensen; Steven
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Jenkens & Gilchrist

A document facing apparatus for reversing the face orientation of a document includes four substantially similar document folding modules, each having a document gripping and advancing portion and a folding portion. The gripping and advancing portion engages the document along a first longitudinal half portion, with substantially the other longitudinal half portion extending outwardly of the gripping and advancing portion, and advances the entire document through the folding module. The document folding portion engages the document along its other longitudinal half portion and folds the other longitudinal half portion of the document to a substantially 90.degree. angle relative to its initial orientation upon entering the document folding portion. Four document folding modules may be aligned in a given sequence such that a document passing therethrough will have its face orientation reversed.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Accordingly, it is a general object of the invention to provide a novel and improved bill facing method and apparatus.
A related object is to provide a bill facing method and apparatus which can be operated at relatively high speeds.
A further related object is to provide a bill facing apparatus in accordance with the foregoing objects which can be incorporated into the bill transport path of a bill handling machine.
Briefly, and in accordance with the foregoing objects, a document facing apparatus for reversing the face orientation of a document comprises four substantially similar document folding modules, each of the folding modules comprising a document gripping and advancing portion for engaging the document along a first longitudinal half portion of the document, with substantially the other longitudinal half portion of the document extending outwardly of the gripping and advancing portion, and for advancing the entire document through the folding module; and a document folding portion for engaging the document along the other longitudinal half portion of the document and folding the other longitudinal half portion of the document to a substantially 90.
degree.
angle relative to its orientation upon entering said document folding portion, the four document folding modules being aligned in a sequence such that a document passing therethrough will have its face orientation reversed.
In accordance with another aspect of the invention, a document folding module for use in an apparatus for changing the orientation of a document comprises a document gripping and advancing portion for engaging the document in a first longitudinal half portion of the document, with substantially the other longitudinal half portion of the document extending outwardly of the gripping and advancing portion, and for advancing the entire document through the folding module; and a document folding portion for engaging the document along the other longitudinal half portion of the document and folding the other longitudinal half portion of the document to a substantially 90


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