Patent · US Expired

Disk transport for paper sheets

US5685539A · kind A · utility

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4Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 5, 1995
Grant dateNov 11, 1997
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Expiry dateJul 5, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2601/11
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus for transporting sheets of paper seriatim. The apparatus includes: a pair of parallel, rotatable, endless, flat belts having upper and lower reaches disposed substantially horizontally; a pair of supporting beams situated above the upper reaches of the pair of endless belts; a plurality of unbiased rollers seated in each of the supporting beams and resting on the flat belts with only their own weight; and a device for rotating the flat belts to thereby cause the sheets of paper to move with the upper reaches of the belts and the unbiased rollers, wherein the sheets of paper are caused to move entirely parallel to the belts without any skew caused by the unbiased rollers.

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