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Patent No.:

US 8998201 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 20, 2014

Sheet retention device

Applicant:

Oce-technologies B.v., Venlo, NL;

Inventors:

Albert W. T. Rademakers, Grubbenvorst, NL;

Mark Rietbergen, Grubbenvorst, NL;

Assignee:

Oce-Technologies B.V., Venlo, NL;

Attorney:

Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Michael McCullough

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 9/00 (2006.01); B65H 15/00 (2006.01); B65H 29/40 (2006.01); B65H 27/00 (2006.01); B65H 29/14 (2006.01); B65H 29/52 (2006.01); B65H 31/26 (2006.01); B65H 31/34 (2006.01); B65H 1/04 (2006.01); B65H 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 9/002 (2013.01); B65H 15/00 (2013.01); B65H 29/40 (2013.01); B65H 2301/33214 (2013.01); B65H 27/00 (2013.01); B65H 29/14 (2013.01); B65H 29/52 (2013.01); B65H 31/26 (2013.01); B65H 31/34 (2013.01); B65H 2301/4212 (2013.01); B65H 2301/4213 (2013.01); B65H 2404/1141 (2013.01); B65H 2404/122 (2013.01); B65H 2404/14211 (2013.01); B65H 2404/1521 (2013.01); B65H 2404/611 (2013.01); B65H 2404/651 (2013.01); B65H 2701/11312 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1313 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01); B65H 1/04 (2013.01); B65H 7/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sheet retention device is provided for retaining at least one sheet. The sheet retention device comprises a sheet supporting unit for supporting at least a first portion of the sheet, a rotatable guiding unit configured to enclose a second portion of the sheet, an urging unit and a drive unit for in operation controllably rotating the rotatable guiding unit. The rotatable guiding unit comprises a passageway arranged through the rotatable guiding unit, which passageway is configured to enclose the second portion of the sheet, the passageway having an entrance portion at one side of an outer surface of the rotatable guiding unit and an exit portion at another side of an outer surface of the rotatable guiding unit. The exit portion is arranged in the passageway at an opposite end with respect to the entrance portion.

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