Sheet feeding or delivering – Feeding – Separators
Patent
1983-05-03
1985-04-30
Stoner, Jr., Bruce H.
Sheet feeding or delivering
Feeding
Separators
271 91, 271 11, 271108, 271 311, 221211, 221 13, B65H 308, B65H 714, B65H 716
Patent
active
045139571
ABSTRACT:
An item dispensing system is disclosed wherein in a preferred sheet dispensing embodiment, primary and secondary sets of vacuum cups are mounted to one end of a pick arm which is rotated between a stack of sheets and a dispensing path. Initially, a two-way valve is controlled to pass a vacuum from a vacuum source only to one of the primary and secondary sets of vacuum cups. The selected set of suction cups then attempts to vacuum lift and pass a sheet to and along the dispensing path. The failure of a sensor to sense that sheet in the dispensing path within a preselected period of time indicates that the selected set of vacuum cups may have been unsuccessful in vacuum lifting that sheet from the stack due to a poor vacuum seal between the selected set of vacuum cups and that sheet. Such a failure causes a processor to generate a signal to cause the two way valve to apply the vacuum from the vacuum source only to the other one of the primary and secondary sets of vacuum cups.
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Barlow James E.
Jameson George
NCR Corporation
Sessler Jr. Albert L.
Stoner Jr. Bruce H.
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