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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:
Jan. 03, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Douglas D Fuller, Contoocook, NH (US);
Assignee:
Centronics Data Computer Corporation, Hudson, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271 10 ; 271 21 ; 271118 ; 271121 ; 271242 ; 271170 ;
Abstract
In the paper feed mechanism disclosed herein, a pick roller is journaled in a swing member which is pivoted on a horizontal drive shaft extending across the paper path. The periphery of the pick roller frictionally engages the drive shaft and the swing mechanism depends from the drive shaft through a friction fit. When the drive shaft is rotated in the appropriate direction, the pick roller is swung, due to the frictional fit, against the front sheet of a paper pack and continued rotation of the shaft drives the pick roller into wedging engagement with the sheet, causing the sheet to advance and separate from the pack.