The offset collator according to claim 3 wherein said movable sheet receiving bin moves linearly in said vertical plane, and rotates in an oscillatory motion in said horizontal plane.ĥ. The offset collator according to claim 2 wherein said movable sheet receiving bin moves in a vertical plane for separating said offset demarcated sheets and in a horizontal plane for offsetting said sheets.Ĥ.
The offset collator according to claim 1 wherein said sheet receiving positionable means includes a movable sheet receiving bin for receiving, in said sequence, said sheets of sets to be offset collated, for moving between the release of each said transported sheet and the subsequent sheet, thereby causing said sheets to be collated therein in said alternate offset posture.ģ.
Means for controlling said sheet transport means and said sheet receiving means to coordinate said positioning, said transport, and said release such that said collated sets are concurrently formed in said sheet receiving means.Ģ. Sheet receiving means for receiving from said sheet transport means in said sequence said sheets of sets to be offset collated and for holding all the sheets of said sets, in contiguous, contacting relationship to one another forming a single, continuous stack, said sheet receiving means having means positionable in alternate positions so that said transport means transports each said sheet thereto, releasing said sheet therein while in an alternate one of said positions, for forming a single stack and for offsetting each said first sheet of each said set from adjacent first sheets in an alternate offset posture in said stack clearly demarcating each of said first sheets from adjacent first sheets and means for separating said offset demarcated sheets of said single stack to allow transport injection therebetween of a second sheet, of each set to be offset collated, by said transport means and release thereof while said positionable means is in an alternate one of said positions so said second sheet is contiguous to said first sheet of its set, and transport and release of additional sheets, of each set to be offset collated, if required by the number of sheets in said sets, in the same alternate offset posture to each of the prior sheets of its sets and Reciprocating sheet transport means for engaging, transporting along a predetermined path and then releasing in said sequence, said sheets of sets to be offset collated An offset collator wherein sheets are sequentially supplied in a sequence of the first sheets of each set numbering up to and corresponding to the number of sets to be offset collated and in turn, and in order, of additional sheets of each set numbering up to and corresponding to the number of sheets in a set, the improvement comprising:
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