Patent · US Expired

Sheet feeding apparatus employing air streams as handling media

US6345921B1 · kind B1 · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 8, 2000
Grant dateFeb 12, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 8, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2301/363
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Sheets of paper, photos, transparencies and the like can be fed to a work station (scanner, printer, photocopies, etc.) from a staircased stack of said sheets by use of an air knife and wind tunnel system.

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