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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 1977
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sakae Fujimoto, Chofu, JA;
Assignee:
Ricoh Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271256 ; 271 90 ; 271117 ; 271145 ;
Abstract
A sheet feed apparatus feeds sheets, placed on a sheet receptacle, one by one toward a sheet processor. When the sheets on the receptacle are exhausted, the operation of the apparatus is interrupted by a signal from a signal emitter which operates to detect the termination of sheet delivery. The signal emitter is actuated upon the detection of the occurrence of a plurality of idling operations of the sheet feed apparatus.