Document transport device
US4009877A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 3, 1975 |
| Grant date | Mar 1, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 3, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00679
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Disclosed is document transport apparatus for advancing documents between two locations, for example between the printing and output stations of copying equipment, the transport apparatus including a high friction continuously driven belt cooperating with a stationary strip of low friction material to define a transport guideway path for the documents with document pinch points being defined along spaced locations of the guideway path. The continuous belt is preferably of a cross-sectional size and configuration to transportably engage the documents along a line contact at, or immediately adjacent, the edge thereof.
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