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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:
Sep. 08, 1987
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hanno Gillmann, Constance, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271 10 ; 271 34 ; 271111 ; 271265 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus is provided for separating flat objects such as mail. A control circuit compares the spacing between successive flat objects with a preferred preselected spacing and if these is a difference the control circuit changes the drive apparatus so the actual spacing between flat objects is the preferred spacing.