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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2005
Applicants:
Eric Lyons, Dundee, GB;
John White, Motherwell, GB;
Roy A. Crerar, Edinburgh, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vacuum pick mechanism () for picking sheet media comprising control circuitry (), a pump (), a suction cup (), a pick line () connecting the pump () to the suction cup (), a pressure sensor () arranged to measure the pressure within the pick line () and a motor arranged to drive the pump, the control circuitry being arranged to receive the pressure measured by the pressure sensor and to control the motor to drive the pump such that a predetermined target pressure is measured by the pressure sensor.