Sheet feeding or delivering – Feeding – Separators
Patent
1997-03-07
2000-08-15
Terrell, William E.
Sheet feeding or delivering
Feeding
Separators
271103, 271102, 271106, 271100, B65H 308
Patent
active
061023876
ABSTRACT:
An automated sheet dispenser for dispensing a single sheet removed from the bottom of a stack formed of a plurality of sheets. The dispenser includes a hopper for supporting the stack of sheets, the hopper having an opening provided in the bottom surface thereof to allow passage of a sheet through the opening; a separator for separating a leading edge of the bottom sheet from the stack through the opening and moving the leading edge to a position below the hopper; and a guide for engaging the leading edge of the sheet separated from the stack by the separator and guiding the sheet to a sheet exit chute. The separator is lowered from the stack to separate the leading edge of the bottom sheet and the guide pivots to engage the leading edge and guide the leading edge between a pair of feed rollers that transport the sheet to the exit chute. The lowering of the separator, the pivoting of the guide and the advancing of the gripping feed roller are actuated by rotation of a main cam.
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General Railway Signal Corporation
Mackey Patrick
Terrell William E.
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