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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1999
Kevin J. O'Dea, Southbury, CT (US);
John R Masotta, Milford, CT (US);
John W. Sussmeier, Cold Spring, NY (US);
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A sheet feeding device for feeding sheets of paper to an inserter system having a control system. The sheet feeding device including a sheet supplying device that is coupled to the control system and is operative to supply sheets of paper at a first controlled rate. A sheet stacking device is coupled to the sheet supplying device and is operative to receive and stack the sheets fed from the sheet supplying device substantially atop one another. The sheet stacking device includes a sheet feeder operative to supply individual sheets at a second controlled rate to another device in the inserter system that is coupled to the sheet feeder. A sheet monitoring system is coupled to the control system and is operative to determine a stack height for the sheet stack in the sheet supplying device such that the height determination for the sheet stack effects the rate for the first controlled rate of the sheet supplying device.