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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 1976
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1974
Applicant:
Inventor:
Werner F Hoppner, Webster, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355 50 ; 271274 ; 355 75 ;
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for feeding individual sheets. The apparatus includes means for feeding the sheets which comprises at least one roll. Means are included for biasing the roll against the sheet with a first force normal to the sheet for a sheet having a thickness up to a first thickness and for step-wise increasing the first force to a second force normal to the sheet for sheets having a thickness greater than the first thickness. A reproducing apparatus including the above-noted sheet feeding apparatus is also provided.