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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:
Aug. 01, 1978
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard Samuel Fox, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271117 ; 271265 ;
Abstract
Sheet feed apparatus comprising means in engagement with the topmost sheet of the supply stack for feeding discrete sheets seriatim from the top of the stack in response to a feed signal. The level of the top sheet in the stack is sensed and a position signal is produced which corresponds to the top sheet level. The timing of the feed signal is varied in accordance with the position signal so that the topmost sheet is fed to arrive at a sheet utilization device during a predetermined portion of the time cycle of the utilization device regardless of the level of the supply stack.