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Document registering and feeding apparatus

US4257587A · kind A · utility

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16Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 30, 1978
Grant dateMar 24, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 30, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H9/166
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A document registering and feeding apparatus comprising a flexible registration and feeding member for driving a document into registration engagement with a side registration member and for feeding a document in a direction substantially parallel to the side registration member. The flexible registration and feeding member comprises a flexible rotatable drive shaft and a generally cylindrical deformable scuffer wheel fixed to one end of the drive shaft, the wheel being in pressure contact with the base surface and adjacent to but spaced from the side registration member.

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