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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. 17, 1981
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lucien Prieur, Ecouen, FR;
Patrick Pinard, Seiches-le-Loir, FR;
Assignee:
Compagnie Internationale pour l'Informatique, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271207 ; 271185 ; 271258 ; 271305 ; 414 97 ;
Abstract
A hopper for receiving documents, such as checks, fed on edge from a conveyor and adapted to be stacked one atop the other inside the hopper includes a slot in one wall of the hopper through which a portion of a check projects when the stack reaches a predetermined height. A detector in the form of a light emitting member and light receiver is disposed on respective sides of the slot outside the hopper to provide a control signal when the light beam is interrupted due to projection of a portion of a check to signal when the stack has reached a predetermined height.