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Facsimile output job sorting unit and system

  • US 5,513,013 A
  • Filed: 08/24/1992
  • Issued: 04/30/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/24/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for separating the physical outputted job sheets sequentially outputted by the output of a facsimile receiving apparatus into separate job sheets sets for separate designed recipients of faxed documents transmitted thereto, comprising:

  • a facsimile receiver output job sorting accessory unit, said accessory unit including;

    sheet input means positionable at said sheet output of said facsimile receiving apparatus to sequentially receive said output sheets therefrom and feed them in a sheet feeding path into said input means,plural discrete facsimile output sheet collection bins,control means for electronically assigning discrete bin numbers to respective said discrete facsimile output sheet collection bins, and for variably electronically assigning said discrete bin numbers to discrete designated facsimile recipients,optical sensing means in said sheet input means and operatively connecting with said control means for detecting uniquely marked area encoding corresponding to a said bin number on a facsimile output sheet in said feeding path in said input means and for determining if a said detected encoding corresponds to a said bin number so designated for a facsimile recipient,and sheet bin selection and feeding means, controlled by said determination of said optical sensing means and said control means, for selectively feeding sequential facsimile output sheets from said sheet input means to designated said facsimile output sheet collection bins subsequent to a said detection by said optical sensing means and said control means of said marked area encoding of a facsimile output sheet corresponding to a said assigned bin number for a said designated facsimile recipient.

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