Sheet feeding apparatus
US4034976A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 2, 1976 |
| Grant date | Jul 12, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 2, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2701/1912
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus for removing sheets from a stack of sheets and feeding the sheets one at a time to an output flow-path, said apparatus comprising a feeding nip formed by a frictional drive adapted to engage and propel a sheet in a forward direction in combination with a pressure member adapted to press a sheet against the drive means, a stripper adapted to restrain plural sheets from being fed along the flow-path and a traction nip comprising a roller disposed downstream of the feeding nip, the roller being biased to obstruct said flow-path but being movable by the passage of a sheet and adapted, upon such movement, to open the feeding nip.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.