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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2001
Colin Peter Brotherston, Hampshire, GB;
Steven Michael Hosking, Hampshire, GB;
Bryan James Christophersen, Hampshire, GB;
Colin Peter Brotherston, Hampshire, GB;
Steven Michael Hosking, Hampshire, GB;
Bryan James Christophersen, Hampshire, GB;
De La Rue International Limited, Basingstoke, GB;
Abstract
A document feeder comprises an input hopper () into which batches of documents with interleaved separators () are loaded in use, each separator carrying data related to the associated batch. A feed system () withdraws documents and separators singly from the input hopper. A sensing system () obtains information about the documents and separators. The sensing system includes a data sensor () located so as to read separator data while the separator () is in the input hopper ().