Sheet feeding or delivering – Feeding – By means to change direction of sheet travel
Patent
1995-10-23
1997-06-24
Skaggs, H. Grant
Sheet feeding or delivering
Feeding
By means to change direction of sheet travel
198718, 271245, 271264, 27126501, 271184, B65H 500
Patent
active
056411588
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus and method for receiving a sheet from a first direction and transporting the sheet in a second direction. The apparatus comprising: a device for feeding the sheet in the second direction; a deck having an imput end for receiving the sheet from the first direction and an output end and including a lower deck plate and an upper deck plate pivotally mounted and vertically spaced above the lower deck plate. The apparatus further comprising a controller and a device for pivoting the upper deck plate between a closed position and an open position. The controller for causing the pivoting device to rotate the upper deck plate to the open position to receive the sheet from the first direction, causing the pivoting device to rotate the upper deck plate to the closed position after receiving the sheet and thereafter causing the feed device to feed the sheet in the second direction through the deck output end.
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Gelb, Jr. Joseph
Ifkovits, Jr. Edward M.
Stengl Richard F.
Chaclas Angelo N.
Malandra, Jr. Charles R.
Pitney Bowes Inc.
Scolnick Melvin J.
Skaggs H. Grant
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