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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 1982
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shinya Uchida, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Laurel Bank Machine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235 / ; 271 95 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for counting bendable sheets and discriminating different kinds thereof has a plurality of rotary suction heads for deflecting the sheets one at a time away from a stack of sheets held in a vertical direction on a holder and has a system for optically detecting the height of a sheet deflected away from the stack. Each of the suction heads has at its top a supporting member for engaging with the surface of a sheet which has been deflected away from the stack. The deflected sheet is engaged at its opposite surfaces with the supporting members of two adjacent suction heads, thus being supported in an upright state without bending downwardly.