Sheet feeding or delivering – Feeding – Separators
Patent
1997-05-07
1999-07-27
Ellis, Christopher P.
Sheet feeding or delivering
Feeding
Separators
271 2, 271 1013, B65H 500
Patent
active
059277050
ABSTRACT:
A stack of envelopes has its lowermost envelope advanced from the stack by two sets of longitudinally spaced kick rollers, which are driven through a gear train by a unidirectional motor. A separator, which includes a feed roll and a restraint roll driven by the unidirectional motor, allows only one envelope to pass therethrough. The gear train includes two sets of interrupted teeth on a gear for stopping advancement of each of the two sets of kick rollers so that another envelope is not advanced from the stack during a cycle of operation. The gear has a third set of interrupted teeth for stopping the feed and restraint rolls after the envelope has passed the separator. The envelope is advanced to a printer by drive rolls, which cooperate with spring biased back-up rolls to form a nip, driven by the unidirectional motor. When the envelope enters the drive rolls, a latch holds the gear having the interrupted teeth from rotating. When the envelope passes the drive rolls, the unidirectional motor is stopped, and the latch is released.
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Becker Friedbert R.
Chee Christopher G.
Thornhill William J.
Brady John A.
Ellis Christopher P.
Lexmark International Inc.
Morse Gregory A.
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