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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1994
Giuseppe Bortolotti, Yverdon-Les-Bains, CH;
Jorge Costa, Yverdon-Les-Bains, CH;
OCD S.A., Yverdon-Les-Bains, CH;
Abstract
The introduction device includes a supply tray (6) with a front wall (9), in which a pile of sheets (14) is biased towards driving rollers (17) by the action of a support plate (12) and a spring (16). The front wall (9) is provided with an extension (30) of which one portion forms a fixed sloping plane (31) provided with three openings (34). Three leaf springs (35) are fastened on one side of the supply tray and have at their other end a curved part (36)engaged into the openings (34). These springs (35) form with the sloping plane (31) a retaining member (40) of which the slope is variable depending on the rigidity of the sheets or envelopes to be introduced, the slope being small in the case of thin sheets and greater in the case of rigid sheets or envelopes, thus ensuring a sheet by sheet introduction which is reliable.