Compact encoder with power-assisted hand-drop capability
US5551683A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 30, 1994 |
| Grant date | Sep 3, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 30, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2555/26
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A hand-drop motor assembly for use in an encoding apparatus is positioned in the vicinity of a hand-drop region of the encoder check guide path. It includes a motor which has a motor shaft extending out the top end thereof. Mounted to the shaft is a roller. Rotatably mounted to the motor shaft is a bracket, upon which is mounted a wheel, which is in compressive contact with the roller. When the motor is turned on, the bracket rotates such that the wheel moves into the hand-drop region, contacting a document therein and then moves the document along the check guide path to an encoder station.
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