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A material processing apparatus for collating and feeding documents, comprising a plurality of document feeding modules, each of the modules including a source of documents, a queuing station, means for feeding documents from the source to the queuing station control means, and sensing means for sen

A material processing apparatus for collating and feeding documents, comprising a plurality of document feeding modules, each of the modules including a source of documents, a queuing station, means for feeding documents from the source to the queuing station control means, and sensing means for sensing the position of a document within the module, a data link interconnecting adjacent modules, means for appling a collation signal to the control means for defining a collation operation in the module, the control means responsive to a arrival of documents at the queuing station in accordance with the collation signal for providing a ready signal, first and second modules positioned adjacent one another, the second being in a downstream location from the first module, the second module control means providing to the first module control means its the ready signal indicating the second module is ready to receive the document collation, the first module control means responsive to its ready signal and to the second module control means ready signal for releasing the first module queuing station, thereby allowing the first module to provide its ablation to the second module.

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A material processing apparatus for collating and feeding documents, comprising: a plurality of document feeding modules, each of said modules including a source of documents, a queuing station, means for feeding documents from said source to said queuing station, control means, and sensing means fo

A material processing apparatus for collating and feeding documents, comprising: a plurality of document feeding modules, each of said modules including a source of documents, a queuing station, means for feeding documents from said source to said queuing station, control means, and sensing means for sensing the position of a document within said modules, a data link interconnecting adjacent modules, means for applying a collation signal to said control means for defining a collation operation in said module, said control means responsive to arrival of documents at said queuing station in accordance with said collation signal for providing a ready signal, first and second of said modules positioned adjacent one another, the second being in a downstream location from said first module, said second module control means providing to said first module control means its said ready signal indicating said second module is ready to receive said document collation, said first module control means responsive to its ready signal and to said second module control means ready signal for releasing said first module queuing station, thereby allowing said first module to provide its collation to said second module.