Pick mechanism for sheet feeding apparatus
CA 2021069 A1 · Owner: Mcauley, Kenneth A. · Inventors: Silveira, Frank S.; Mcauley, Kenneth A.
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A pick mechanism for sheet feeding apparatus of a type in which the top sheet of a stack of media is separated from the remainder of the stack by pick movement to engage and lift the rear end of the top sheet from the remainder of the stack for subsequent separation and feeding from the stack, and including means for lifting the pick independently of elevating movement caused by engagement of the pick with a sheet. The pick lifting arrangement operates to lift the pick in the event of a failure thereof to engage the rear edge of a sheet and also to gently lower the pick back onto the next successive top sheet in the stack to be fed. A detector system is provided by which the conditions of …
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- Filed July 12, 1990. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 12, 2010.
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