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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael N. Tranquilla, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Unisys Corporation, Blue Bell, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/04 ;
Abstract
A document transport for moving documents past a document processing station utilizes a drive roller having a mass sufficient to provide a flywheel effect to stabilize speed of documents passing between the drive roller and a pinch belt in contact with a portion of the circumference of the drive wheel. The drive wheel may additionally have a circumference large enough to prevent document slippage between the drive wheel and the pinch belt.