Unit document feeding mechanism
US4143981A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 6, 1976 |
| Grant date | Mar 13, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 6, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2403/21
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed is a means for feeding unit documents, such as sheets, envelopes, pages, cards, and the like to an apparatus for processing. Means is provided for feeding the documents to and removing them from the operating apparatus at a relatively high rate of speed. During the time that an individual document is being operated upon it is conveyed by means associated with the operating apparatus. Examples of such operations would be printing addresses on an envelope, embossing credit cards, encoding magnetic tapes, and the like. Upon conclusion of the operation, the documents are removed quickly so that a second document may be supplied to the operating apparatus expeditiously.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.