Overlapped document detector
CA 1180787 A · Owner: Magnetic Peripherals Inc. · Inventors: Highbridge, Russell E.; Morgan, Robert S.; Milanes, Eddy J.
Overview
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Disclosed is an overlapped document detector for a document handling apparatus which comprises an air knife in the primary document path to separate overlapped documents and forward them along separate ones of two secondary paths. Optical detectors focused on each secondary path detects, documents to detect an overlapped condition. Vacuum means maintains the documents in their respective secondary paths for detection purposes.
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- Granted January 8, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 8, 2002.
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