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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:
May. 18, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul D Lloyd, Hampshire, GB;
Michael Potter, Hampshire, GB;
Assignee:
De La Rue Systems Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271111 ; 271202 ; 271265 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for feeding articles, such as banknotes, along a feed path comprises first and second separately driven feed systems the second feed system being operated at a substantially constant speed. The first feed system feeds articles to the second feed system. A sensing system includes a sensor for sensing the passage of articles. The sensor is connected to a motor control system which controls the feed rate of the first feed system by controlling a motor of the first feed system so that the separation between successive articles passing through the second feed system satisfies at least one predetermined condition.