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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2001
Ralf Allner, Esslingen, DE;
Thomas Biber, Aalen, DE;
NexPress Solutions LLC, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A device (I) for separating an uppermost sheet (S ) from a supply stack (S), for the purpose of grasping the separated uppermost sheet and feeding it, wherein air blowers ( ) for spreading apart several sheets of an upper sheet stack area (SR) and air blowers ( ) for separating the uppermost sheet (S ) and holding back an adhering sheet (S ), are located downstream in front of the supply stack and transverse to a sheet transport path ( ), and wherein air jets with different pressures, directions, and diameters may be generated by the air blowers ( ) supplied from an air pressure source ( ) with at least one air nozzle ( ) located in the area of a center line (Y, Z) of the stack ( ) and the transport path ( ) and with several air nozzles ( ) located on both sides of the center line.