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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 04, 1985
Harvey G Martin, West Sussex, GB;
De La Rue Systems Limited, , GB;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for dispensing sheets (2) from a store (1) is described. Single sheets are withdrawn from the store (1) by a friction feed roller (3) driven by a motor (5). Each sheet is fed to a transport path (17) defined by a pair of conveyors (15) driven by a motor (5'). The motor (5') is reversible so that the sheets can be fed either to an output station (19) or a reject position (20). The motor (5) is stopped as soon as the leading edge of a sheet has reached the transport path (17) so that no further sheets can be withdrawn from the store (1) until the sheet has been dispensed. A conventional doubles detect system determines whether a single sheet has been correctly withdrawn from the store (1).