Quick release document transport apparatus
US4815726A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 24, 1987 |
| Grant date | Mar 28, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 24, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2601/11
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A document transport apparatus which also provides for the quick release of a jammed document to facilitate its removal from the associated document track. First and second pinch rollers are mounted on a planar member which is moved, resiliently, into engagement with their associated first and second drive rollers. Slotted mounting members are used to mount the opposed ends of the planar member to one upstanding wall of the document track and to enable the planar member to move in a plane which is parallel to the document feeding direction. An operating lever is used to move the planar members with the pinch rollers thereon between engaged and disengaged positions with regard to associated drive rollers.
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