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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:
May. 26, 1981
Filed:
Apr. 04, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
John L Webb, Fairport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271 42 ; 271139 ;
Abstract
A sheet feeding device (10) that feeds sheets individually from a stack (31) includes a sheet feeding member (20) that strikes the stack (31) at such an acute angle .theta. and normal force that the top sheet in the stack is forwarded for subsequent transport while simultaneously retarding movement of the sheet immediately adjacent to the top sheet.