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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2001
Goro Sato, Chiyoda, JP;
Hisahiro Koshizuka, Owariasahi, JP;
Shinji Shibata, Nagoya, JP;
Riichi Kato, Nagoya, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
When a large number of paper sheets and the like, tending to be folded or curled, are introduced into an introducing space, folded portions of the paper sheets and the like or edges of the curled paper sheets and the like project into an introducing port, so that the paper sheets and the like interfere with each other, thereby causing troubles such as the folding of the edge portions of the paper sheets and the like and the residence of the paper sheets and the like. Therefore, a gripping device is provided in the vicinity of a paper sheets and the like introducing port of a paper sheets and the like introducing mechanism, and this gripping device includes a plurality of brush portions which grip the paper sheets and the like to be introduced into a receiving cassette, and feeds the paper sheets and the like to a paper sheets and the like introducing portion, and the brush portions grip the paper sheets and the like in an upstanding posture in the paper sheets and the like introducing portion.
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