Patent · US Expired

Method for feeding documents to a copy machine

US4336928A · kind A · utility

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3References
5Claims
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Filing dateAug 4, 1980
Grant dateJun 29, 1982
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Expiry dateAug 4, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B27/6257
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A document handler employing a vacuum belt feeder having an air knife to aid in sheet separation. The quantity of air discharged from the air knife is varied in accordance with the number of documents placed in the document handler as determined by counting the documents fed through the document handler during the initial feed cycle.

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