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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2005
Geoffrey A. Farmer, Ingatestone, GB;
Peter J. Watson, Rayleigh, GB;
Keith G. R. Watts, Abbots Langley, GB;
Geoffrey A. Farmer, Ingatestone, GB;
Peter J. Watson, Rayleigh, GB;
Keith G. R. Watts, Abbots Langley, GB;
Pitney Bowes Ltd., Harlow, Essex, GB;
Abstract
A sheet handling apparatus for feeding a sequential plurality of sheets having a sheet feed path for guiding sheets in a sheet feeding direction through the apparatus, the apparatus comprising rollers for driving sheets along the sheet feed path, and a trailing edge deflector deflecting means located on the sheet feed path, the trailing edge deflector being arranged to deflect the trailing edge of a leading sheet to ensure overlap by a following sheet on a predetermined side of the leading sheet.