Appeal No. 2000-0581
Application No. 08/429,155
a rib 73 mounted between and secured to the discs near the
beginning of the slots. The deflector 71 is supported to lie
in a cut-away area of the discs 60 at the entrance of each of
the slots 66a, 66b and is formed to provide a deflecting tip
which normally projects beyond the circumferential plane of
the discs so as to intercept a document advancing at higher
speed from the guide plates 39, 41 and direct the document
into the associated slot. See column 3, lines 23-49.
As the leading edge of each successive document being fed
is ejected from guide plates 39, 41 of Poland and into
engagement with the feed rollers 76, one of the deflectors 71
will be located at a rotated position slightly in advance
thereof to thereby intercept the faster feeding document and
direct it into the associated slot of the drum (column 4,
lines 34-45). After a document has been brought into contact
with a stop 101, the continued rotation of the drum acts to
withdraw the document from the slot. The stack of documents
40 is held in upright position on a stacking table 103 by the
periphery of the drum discs 60 and the outer surface of the
deflectors 71. The deflectors 71, when brushing against the
stack, are flexed slightly inwardly to a position where their
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