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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven Michael Hosking, Hants, GB;
John Alan Skinner, Hants, GB;
Assignee:
De La Rue International Ltd., Basingstoke, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/00 ;
Abstract
Sheet feed apparatus for supplying sheets such as banknotes from a store (,) to a sheet transport system. The apparatus comprises a feed system (,) for withdrawing sheets from the store (,). A separator system (,) is provided to which sheets are fed by the feed system (,), the separator system being adapted to feed sheets singly to the sheet transport system (,). A controller (,) controls operation of the feed and separator systems (,) independently.