System for detecting superposed sheets

Details System for detecting superposed sheets System for detecting superposed sheets

1998-07-24

2000-07-04

Skaggs, H. Grant

Sheet feeding or delivering

Feeding

By means to convey sheet

25055901, 2505591, 25055927, B65H 702

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060827327

ABSTRACT:
A system for detecting the passage of superposed notes along a feed path. The system includes a sensing station (12) through which the feed path passes and which has a filament lamp (48) and an optical sensor (50). The magnitude of an output signal of the optical sensor is dependent on the intensity of the received light. A microcontroller (52) establishes a threshold value of the output signal by setting the intensity of light emitted from the lamp, when there is no note in the sensing station, to a first level. A pulse width modulator (56) increases the intensity of emitted light from the first level to a second level so that when there is one note present at the sensing station the output signal is above the threshold level. The intensity of emitted light is maintained at the second level whereby superposed notes cause a substantial fall in the output signal of the optical sensor. The microcontroller monitors the output signal to detect this. This system can be used in place of more complicated and expensive superposed sheet detect systems such as those incorporating co-operating rollers.

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