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Sheet supply device

US4711443A · kind A · utility

8Cited by
2References
11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 7, 1986
Grant dateDec 8, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 7, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H1/18
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The sheet supply device comprises a sheet stocker including a lifting table mounted for up and down movement with a large number of sheets accumulated in layers thereon which sheets are different in thickness between opposite sides thereof and a paper feed roller for contacting with an uppermost one of the sheets, a string having one end fastened to each of opposite sides of the lifting table corresponding to the opposite sides of the sheets providing the difference in thickness, a first take-up drum or drums located corresponding to the thicker side of the sheets and each having the other end of the string corresponding to the thicker side of the sheets fastened thereto, a second take-up drum or drums located corresponding to the thinner side of the sheets and each having the other end of the string corresponding to the thinner side of the sheets fastened thereto.

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