Document feeder
US4544150A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 22, 1984 |
| Grant date | Oct 1, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 22, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H11/00
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An improvement in a document feeding device having a hopper oriented at an acute angle with respect to a horizontal plane and able to support a pack of documents to be fed seriatim therefrom. The improvement comprises at least one pad having a high coefficient of friction material situated on the upper surface of the hopper whereby the effect of the weight of the documents situated in the hopper above the pad on the pressure of the pack situated below the pad is decreased.
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