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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2001
Roberto Foglino, Montalto Dora, IT;
Marco Dellea, Agliè, IT;
Olivetti Tecnost S.p.A., Ivrea, IT;
Abstract
A device ( ) for feeding sheets from a ream ( ) comprising a main feeding roller ( ) subdivided into a plurality of sleeves ( ) which rotate in contact with an uppermost sheet ( ), coming from the ream, to feed it along a path ( ), and an auxiliary separating roller ( ) adapted for separating the uppermost sheet ( ) from the other sheets of the ream ( ), wherein the feeding and separating rollers ( ) are both arranged on the same side with respect to said path ( ) and therefore rotate in contact with one and the same side of the uppermost sheet ( ). The separating roller ( ) is accommodated in a central seat ( ) made between the sleeves ( ) of the main feeding roller ( ) and is arranged prevalently inside the radial working envelope of the sleeves ( ) of the main feeding roller ( ), so that the feeding device ( ) has an extremely compact structure.