Apparatus handling paper sheets and the like
US6666448B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 12, 2001 |
| Grant date | Dec 23, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 12, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2701/1912
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
When a large number of paper sheets and the like, tending to be folded or curled, are introduced into an introducing space, folded portions of the paper sheets and the like or edges of the curled paper sheets and the like project into an introducing port, so that the paper sheets and the like interfere with each other, thereby causing troubles such as the folding of the edge portions of the paper sheets and the like and the residence of the paper sheets and the like. Therefore, a gripping device is provided in the vicinity of a paper sheets and the like introducing port of a paper sheets and the like introducing mechanism, and this gripping device includes a plurality of brush portions which grip the paper sheets and the like to be introduced into a receiving cassette, and feeds the paper sheets and the like to a paper sheets and the like introducing portion, and the brush portions grip the paper sheets and the like in an upstanding posture in the paper sheets and the like introducing portion.
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