Feeder device having adjustably flexible gate apparatus and...

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2004-05-03

2008-09-02

Joerger, Kaitlin S (Department: 3653)

Sheet feeding or delivering

Feeding

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C271S137000, C271S121000

Reexamination Certificate

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07419154

ABSTRACT:
A feeder device for feeding a unit of media from a stack of media to a receiving apparatus is provided. The feeder device comprises a drive mechanism for driving the media in a feed direction through an opening defined by a gate apparatus. The opening extends from a first to a second edge of the gate apparatus and defines a fixed height greater than the thickness of the media. A flexible blade member is fixedly engaged with the gate apparatus at a fixed end and is cantilevered with respect to the gate apparatus. The blade member defines a length and extends from the first edge toward the second edge to reduce the opening height. The blade member is further configured to have an adjustable flexibility to allow the feeder device to feed media of varying thickness to the printing apparatus. An associated method is also provided.

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