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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2004
Filed:
May. 10, 2000
Andre Gerlier, Sciez, FR;
Roberto Polidoro, Geneva, CH;
David Charles Deaville, West Chester, PA (US);
Mars Incorporated, McLean, VA (US);
Abstract
A dispenser for dispensing flexible media such as cut sheets ( ) from a stack has a rotatable separating member ( ) which engages and reverse buckles one end of the top sheet ( ) so that that end is lifted away from the stack and positioned between transport rollers ( ). The transport rollers ( ) are driven independently from the separating member ( ) so that multiple sheets may be separated from the stack before being transported. The frictional engagement between the separating member ( ) and the stack varies as the separating member rotates, so that only one sheet is separated with each rotation. The center of the top sheet ( ) is held against the stack by a holding member ( ) so that the top sheet buckles only over part of its length.