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Abstract

A device for sorting documents exiting a document processor such as a document reader or document printer includes at least one document guide which defines an undeflected document travel path and a document bin which includes a series of compartments for receiving sorted documents. Each document guide will alternately permit the documents to travel along the undeflected document travel path to a first document bin or to deflect such documents in first or second deflected document travel paths to compartments of second document bins. By selectively deflecting documents entering the document guide, previously processed documents may be sorted according to document type. Each document guide is comprised of first and second concave guide parts mounted side by side to define an undeflected document travel path therebetween and first and second convex guide parts mounted outside the concave guide parts. The concave guide parts each have a concavely curved outer side. Each convex guide part is positioned such that a convexly curved inner side of the convex guide part faces the concavely curved outer side of each concave guide part. When the document guide is in a first position, documents entering the document guide continue to travel along the undeflected document travel path. The respective rotation of the first and second concave guide parts position the document guide into second and third positions which deflect the documents entering the guide.

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