Registration and transport unit for a sheet feeder
US8469358B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 5, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jun 25, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 5, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2515/34
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A sheet medium transport apparatus has a sheet guide mechanism with drive rollers and reaction rollers mounted for gripping a sheet guided by the guide mechanism. The drive rollers provide a drive component in a transport direction and a transverse drive component for driving a sheet so that a side edge of the transported sheet lodges against a registration plate. Once the sheet is registered against the registration plate, drive from the drive rollers causes the sheet edge to slide past the registration plate in the transport direction with the drive rollers sliding over the sheet.
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