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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:
Dec. 10, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen C Arnone, Rochester, NY (US);
Morton Silverberg, Westport, CT (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271104 ; 271 11 ; 271 99 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for feeding sheets from a stack of sheets on a sheet stack supporting tray which includes a sheet transport for feeding sheets from the tray. An air knife is disposed adjacent the front wall of the tray to inject air between the sheet to be separated and the remainder of the stack. The air knife includes at least one elastomeric member attached to its front wall that extends to a point immediately above, below or touching the sheet transport in order to inhibit multifeeding of sheets from the tray.