The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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. 14, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter A Sardano, Fairport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271121 ; 271167 ;
Abstract
A document handling apparatus includes a friction retard feeder for feeding documents from a stack. The friction retard feeder has a feed belt and a retard pad with a concaved portion as well as an inclined, but essentially straight stepped portion that shingles the documents in order to inhibit multifeeding, stubbing and reduce image abrasion of documents during feeding.