Sheet feeding or delivering – Feeding – Separators
Patent
1983-09-20
1986-06-17
Stoner, Jr., Bruce H.
Sheet feeding or delivering
Feeding
Separators
271 31, 271161, 271166, B65H 312, B65H 346
Patent
active
045951900
ABSTRACT:
A bottom sheet separator-feeder for separating and forwarding sheets seriatim from the bottom of a stack of sheets includes a stack tray and endless vacuum belts extending through the front end of the tray for acquiring and advancing the bottom sheet, the belts extending across a support surface having vacuum ports therein for applying a negative pressure at the back of the belts. In order to reduce unwanted vacuum effects upstream of the vacuum ports, a transverse lip extends across the support surface upstream of the vacuum ports.
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Goffney, Jr. Lawrence J.
Henry II William A.
Stoner Jr. Bruce H.
Xerox Corporation
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