Sheet feeding or delivering – Feeding – Separator and conveyor
Patent
1999-04-07
2000-08-29
Skaggs, H. Grant
Sheet feeding or delivering
Feeding
Separator and conveyor
271 1002, 271 1001, 271 1009, 271121, 271161, 27126502, B65H 500
Patent
active
061096040
ABSTRACT:
A paper feeder comprises a control unit; a pair of side plates; a feed module having two or more separate feed rollers; a transport module having two or more separate transport rollers; a pusher module having a belt assembly and at least one pusher roller disposed under the belt assembly, the belt assembly further having two or more parallel shafts and two or more belts each having a protrusion and fitted on the shafts, the protrusions corresponding to each other; a first driving mechanism having a first motor and a first transmission mechanism, the first motor being connected to the first transmission mechanism which is in turn connected to at least one of the feed rollers; a second driving mechanism having a second motor and a second transmission mechanism, the second motor being connected to the second transmission mechanism which is in turn connected to at least one of the pusher rollers; a third driving mechanism having a third motor and a third transmission mechanism, the third motor being connected to the third transmission mechanism which is in turn connected to at least one of the shafts of the belt assembly; a separation module having a slopped plate, a horizontal plate extending from the slopped plate and at least one tab extending downward from the horizontal plate; and a sensor module having a horizontal plate, a first sensor and a second sensor, the first sensor and the second sensor being disposed in the horizontal plate in a direction parallel to the side plates and opposite to the direction of paper feed.
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Chu Mosi
Sun Keng-Yin
Macro Technology International Inc.
Skaggs H. Grant
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