US Patent Issued to Xerox on Aug. 26 for "Multidirectionally stepped auto-collator system and method" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,014, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Xerox Corp. (Norwalk, Conn.).

"Multidirectionally stepped auto-collator system and method" was invented by Douglas K. Herrmann (Webster, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated media sheet processing system for automated collating, stacking and transferring media sheets exiting a media source includes a dynamically oriented baffle having a plurality of stepped bins. Each stepped bin is slidingly arranged adjacent another stepped bin, with the stepped bins configured to receive media sheets and allow them to fall onto and accumulate on the stepped bins. The stepped bins may move and cha...