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Multiple path recording means
Assignee: NCR Canada Ltd
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Filing: 1982-09-20
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Granted: 1984-02-14
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Expires: 2002-09-20
Abstract
Abstract A recording apparatus having multiple recording devices, each recording device being associated with a separate document feed path, in order to provide simultaneous recording on more than one document for the purpose of increasing effective document recording speed. The recording apparatus also includes driving mechanism for driving the documents along the feed paths, selection means for selecting an appropriate document feed path for each document which is introduced to the recording apparatus, and control means for controlling the recording devices, the driving mechanism and the selection means.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert B. Nally
- 👤 Edward R. Evans
- 👤 Lawrence R. Williamson
- 👤 Trevor A. Calnek
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 16:54
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65H; B65H29/00; B65H29/58; G; G06; G06K; G06K13/00; G06K13/02; G06K13/07; G06K17/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
156 words
Apparatus for recording data on documents comprising: a plurality of document feed paths; a corresponding plurality of drive means for driving documents along said plurality of feed paths; recording means associated with each of said feed paths for recording on said documents; selection means for selecting a desired one of said feed paths for a given document which is introduced to the apparatus; movement control means operatively associated with each of said drive means for controlling the movement of documents passing along said feed paths; detector means operatively associated with each of said feed paths for determining the presence and location of documents therein; and controller means responsive to said detector means for controlling the selection means, the movement control means for each path and the recording means for each path, to enable the commencement of recording on a document in one feed path before recording of a document in another feed path has been completed.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
156 words
Apparatus for recording data on documents comprising: a plurality of document feed paths; a corresponding plurality of drive means for driving documents along said plurality of feed paths; recording means associated with each of said feed paths for recording on said documents; selection means for selecting a desired one of said feed paths for a given document which is introduced to the apparatus; movement control means operatively associated with each of said drive means for controlling the movement of documents passing along said feed paths; detector means operatively associated with each of said feed paths for determining the presence and location of documents therein; and controller means responsive to said detector means for controlling the selection means, the movement control means for each path and the recording means for each path, to enable the commencement of recording on a document in one feed path before recording of a document in another feed path has been completed.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
The apparatus of claim 1 in which the controller means includes document encoding timing means for each path and further includes document release timing means for each path which is set in accordance with the settings of all of said document encoding timing means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
63 words
The apparatus of claim 1 in which there are a total of two document feed paths, in which the documents are introduced to the apparatus in a single entrance path, and in which the selection means is operative to cause a given document to be directed from the entrance path to a selected one or the other of the two document feed paths.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
The apparatus of claim 1 in which the controller means controls the relative movement of documents with respect to each other in various feed paths to control the order in which the documents which have been recorded on appear at the exit.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The apparatus of claim 3, also including an entrance drive means for driving documents from the entrance path to the selected document feed path.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
The apparatus of claim 5, in which a separate motive means is provided for each document feed path driving means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
The apparatus of claim 6, in which the entrance drive means is driven by both of the motive means for the two document feed path driving means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
The apparatus of claim 7, in which overrun clutches are provided for coupling the entrance drive means to the two motive means.
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