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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:
Feb. 08, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Franz Allmendinger, Eichwald, DE;
Markus Weber, Esslingen, DE;
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271220 ;
Abstract
A device for aligning supplied sheets into a stack in a collecting tray includes a pivotable arm that has a free end. First and second drivable wheels are mounted at the free end of the pivotable arm for contacting each supplied sheet to be aligned. A lifting device including an electromagnet is connected to the pivotable arm for lifting the pivotable arm, and a control device is connected to the electromagnet for selectively controlling lifting and lowering of the pivotable arm and first and second drivable wheels.