Sheet feeding or delivering – Feeding – Separator and conveyor
Patent
1975-06-12
1977-01-25
Blunk, Evon C.
Sheet feeding or delivering
Feeding
Separator and conveyor
271 34, 271118, 271149, 271233, 271DIG9, B65H 306, B65H 112, B65H 906
Patent
active
040047954
ABSTRACT:
A hopper mechanism comprising a hopper front panel and a back shoe horizontally sideable with respect to a hopper base together forming a hopper into which a horizontal deck of document cards may be placed; a belt extending around a pick roll moveable through the front panel for picking an end card in the hopper and driving it downwardly through a throat gap disposed in the hopper base; a relatively large diameter roll supporting the belt and forming a nip with the belt into which the picked document card moves from the throat gap for reversing the direction of movement of the card from vertical to horizontal; a registration arm swingable by the card as it passes out from engagement with the large diameter roll and belt for sensing the position of the card; and a reversely rotating roll coacting with a roller carried by the registration arm for moving the card backwardly, after the card has cleared the registration arm, into contact with a card abutting registration edge of the arm for providing a registered position for the card.
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Agnew Mark Charles
Best James Jacob
Gudgel Willard Leon
Bleuer K. T.
Blunk Evon C.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Jancin, Jr. J.
Klitzman M. H.
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