US3907276A - Wobble jogger - Google Patents

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US3907276A
US3907276A US475676A US47567674A US3907276A US 3907276 A US3907276 A US 3907276A US 475676 A US475676 A US 475676A US 47567674 A US47567674 A US 47567674A US 3907276 A US3907276 A US 3907276A
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Dennis P Gerbasi
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H31/00—Pile receivers
    • B65H31/34—Apparatus for squaring-up piled articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/20—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by contact with rotating friction members, e.g. rollers, brushes, or cylinders
    • B65H29/22—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by contact with rotating friction members, e.g. rollers, brushes, or cylinders and introducing into a pile

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  • ABSTRACT A sheet jogging apparatus for facilitating the feeding of sheets into a tray device or the like.
  • the sheet jogging apparatus includes a thin flexible round disc member mounted to a shaft in such a manner that the plane of the disc member is skewed to the shaft rotation. When spun on its axis the disc is a wobbling effect. Upon contacting a sheet of paper the main direction of the paper is altered by pushing the paper in a direction perpendicular to its feed direction.
  • the material buckles in the other direction giving the paper a component directly opposite to the first half revolution.
  • the sheet is fed in a zig-zag path enabling the center to be registered between sideguides of a paper tray.
  • WOBBLE JOGGER This application relates to a sheet jogging device for facilitating the feeding of sheets into a tray as is used in the field of electrostatic copying or the like.
  • the mech anism for aligning sheets into a tray or stack operates on the side or bottom of the sheet rather than registration of the center of the sheet. Frequently, this side or bottom registration is a problem when feeding the sheets into a tray or the like.
  • the sheet handling device of the instant invention is a simple inexpensive single axis mechanism which drives the sheet past it and moves it slightly back and forth perpendicular to the main feed path of the sheet.
  • FIG. 1 is a side view of the improved sheet jogging apparatus
  • FIG. 2 is an end view
  • FlGS. 3 through 5 are plan views of the sheetjogging apparatus showing its operation.
  • FIG. 1 shows sheet jogging apparatus which includes a shaft 12 on which is mounted a hub 14 on which is mounted a thin elastic disc 16.
  • disc 16 is mounted skewed to the shaft rotation. By this structure when the disc is spun on its axis it gives a wobbling effect when observed from the side; however, it appears to be aspinning disc when observed from the end of the shaft.
  • the angle of skew ranges from about 1 to about 10.
  • Disc 16 may be made from any suitable material. Preferred materials are rubber, urethane, plastic or any combinations thereof.
  • a sheet of paper S is contacted by the disc and jogged in a zig-zag path while maintaining its centerline registration.
  • the disc buckles under pressure causing sheets to be pushed in a direction perpendicular to its main feed as most clearly shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.
  • the sheet S is moved or pushed in a direction to the left as seen in FIG. 4 and upon the next half revolution the sheet S is pushed to the right as shown in FIG. 5.
  • the sheet S is moved in a zig-zag path which facilitates sheet handling as, for example, centering the sheet between side guides of a tray or the like.
  • a single revolving component creates a zig-zag direction to a sheet of paper enabling the paper to seek direction from side guides as it enters the tray or the like. It will be appreciated that this device is inexpensive and yet highly reliable making it desirable for paper handling technology.
  • a sheet jogging apparatus comprising:
  • a thin disc member mounted on said shaft inclined at an angle from about 1 to about 10 to a plane perpendicular to said axis so that the plane of the disc is skewed to the rotation of said shaft whereupon sheets fed along the sheet path and contacted by said disc causes the sheets to be pushed in a direction at an angle between the sheet path and a direction perpendicular to the sheet path for one half revolution of the disc and to be pushed in an opposite direction during the next half revolution of the disc.
  • Apparatus according to claim 2 wherein the material of said disc member is selected from the group of rubber, urethane, and plastic or combinations thereof.

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US475676A US3907276A (en) 1974-06-03 1974-06-03 Wobble jogger
GB17766/75A GB1495830A (en) 1974-06-03 1975-04-29 Sheet jogging apparatus
CA227,062A CA1018197A (en) 1974-06-03 1975-05-15 Wobble jogger
NL7506181A NL7506181A (nl) 1974-06-03 1975-05-26 Schudinrichting.
DE19752524359 DE2524359A1 (de) 1974-06-03 1975-06-02 Papierbogen-ruettelvorrichtung

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US4257587A (en) * 1978-10-30 1981-03-24 Xerox Corporation Document registering and feeding apparatus
US4379549A (en) * 1980-02-29 1983-04-12 Ricoh Company, Ltd. Sheet paper stacking apparatus
US4723773A (en) * 1986-10-17 1988-02-09 Bell & Howell Company Sheet feeding methods and apparatus
US4830356A (en) * 1987-08-03 1989-05-16 Xerox Corporation Passive "pinwheel" copy sheet rotator
US4917364A (en) * 1985-03-15 1990-04-17 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Sheet processing apparatus
US5084610A (en) * 1989-03-04 1992-01-28 International Business Machines Corporation Alignment and transport roll made of flexible material
US5215300A (en) * 1985-03-15 1993-06-01 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Tray apparatus
EP0585915A2 (en) * 1992-09-03 1994-03-09 Eastman Kodak Company Device for stacking and aligning individually supplied sheets

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DE3315708C2 (de) * 1982-09-21 1984-08-30 Agfa-Gevaert Ag, 5090 Leverkusen Selbsttätiger Vorlagenanleger
DE3239703A1 (de) * 1982-10-27 1984-05-03 MAP Mikrofilm Apparatebau Dr. Poehler GmbH & Co KG, 6352 Ober-Mörlen Uebergabeeinrichtung

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US2461376A (en) * 1947-05-28 1949-02-08 Blaw Knox Co Sheet stretching mechanism
US3637063A (en) * 1969-07-10 1972-01-25 Ppg Industries Inc Apparatus for separating glass sheets
US3669447A (en) * 1970-09-09 1972-06-13 Xerox Corp Sheet propelling apparatus

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US2461376A (en) * 1947-05-28 1949-02-08 Blaw Knox Co Sheet stretching mechanism
US3637063A (en) * 1969-07-10 1972-01-25 Ppg Industries Inc Apparatus for separating glass sheets
US3669447A (en) * 1970-09-09 1972-06-13 Xerox Corp Sheet propelling apparatus

Cited By (11)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4257587A (en) * 1978-10-30 1981-03-24 Xerox Corporation Document registering and feeding apparatus
US4379549A (en) * 1980-02-29 1983-04-12 Ricoh Company, Ltd. Sheet paper stacking apparatus
US4917364A (en) * 1985-03-15 1990-04-17 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Sheet processing apparatus
US5215300A (en) * 1985-03-15 1993-06-01 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Tray apparatus
US5316287A (en) * 1985-03-15 1994-05-31 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Tray apparatus
US5350169A (en) * 1985-03-15 1994-09-27 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Tray apparatus
US4723773A (en) * 1986-10-17 1988-02-09 Bell & Howell Company Sheet feeding methods and apparatus
US4830356A (en) * 1987-08-03 1989-05-16 Xerox Corporation Passive "pinwheel" copy sheet rotator
US5084610A (en) * 1989-03-04 1992-01-28 International Business Machines Corporation Alignment and transport roll made of flexible material
EP0585915A2 (en) * 1992-09-03 1994-03-09 Eastman Kodak Company Device for stacking and aligning individually supplied sheets
EP0585915A3 (en) * 1992-09-03 1994-07-27 Eastman Kodak Co Device for stacking and aligning individually supplied sheets

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