Paper sheet feeding apparatus
CA 2099267 A1 · Owner: Streamfeeder, Llc · Inventors: Green, Ronald J.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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Disclosed is a sheet feeder device including means for supporting a generally vertical stack of sheets. The supporting means include endless belts having an upper belt run position to extend across the bottom of the stack of sheets. A stationary gate forming member is provided which is positioned above the upper run of the belts and adjacent the forward side of the stack to define a nip which forms a gap between the gate forming member and the upper run for permitting the lowermost sheet of the stack to pass forwardly from the stack through the nip. The gate forming member is a cylindrical roll defining a central axis and an outer peripheral surface which is concentric to the central …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed January 2, 1992. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 2, 2012.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by January 2, 2014.
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