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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel Paul Cahill, Verona, KY (US);
Robert Joseph Feldman, Midway, KY (US);
Sishuang Li, Lexington, KY (US);
Adam Gordon Price, Carmel, IN (US);
Richard Gayle Snapp, Carlisle, KY (US);
Scott Stephen Williams, Versailles, KY (US);
Curtis Duane Woodson, Georgetown, KY (US);
Assignee:
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271121 ; 271167 ;
Abstract
A dam has a slat disposed therein with protrusions along its sheet-engaging surface. If more than one sheet is fed from a stack to the dam, the sheets strike the slat surface and protrusions, causing the sheets to buckle and then separate from each other.