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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:
Apr. 27, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Andrea Perino, Cuorgne, IT;
Assignee:
Olivetti-Canon Industriale S.p.A., Ivrea, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271157 ; 271245 ;
Abstract
A device for blocking or intercepting sheets for a sheet feeder may be applied to copiers, printers and similar office machines, and comprises a lever (32) capable of detecting the presence or absence of a sheet on the sheet entry hopper (16). The lever controls a stop member (42) to prevent the introduction of further sheets when at least one sheet is still present in a hopper.