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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2005
Christopher J. Brown, Baldock, GB;
Nicholas S. Clarke, Harpenden, GB;
Martyn R. House, Puckeridge, GB;
Paul L. Jeeves, Langford, GB;
Christopher J. Brown, Baldock, GB;
Nicholas S. Clarke, Harpenden, GB;
Martyn R. House, Puckeridge, GB;
Paul L. Jeeves, Langford, GB;
Pitney Bowes Ltd., Harlow, Essex, GB;
Abstract
A sheet feeder for feeding sheets one-at-a-time along a path is disclosed having: means for storing a plurality of sheets; a feeder/separator comprising feeding means for engaging the sheets and feeding them from the means for storing and a separator for engaging sheets fed by the feeding means to thereby feed single ones of the sheets one-at-a-time along the path whilst remaining sheets not being fed along the path are halted by the separator; and a clearance mechanism for engaging said remaining sheets and removing them from the separator region in a sheet clearance process.