Document feeder

• US 3,173,684 A
• Filed: 10/31/1962
• Issued: 03/16/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Emilio M. Binzoni, Erwin W. Rosenthal, Gilbert T. Gonzalez, Gustave D. Cerf, William L. Poland
• Original Assignee: Emilio M. Binzoni, Erwin W. Rosenthal, Gilbert T. Gonzalez, Gustave D. Cerf, William L. Poland
• Inventors: Binzoni, Emilio M., Rosenthal, Erwin W., Gonzalez, Gilbert T., Poland, William L., Cerf, Gustave D.
• Application Number:
  US04/234,496
• Time in Patent Office: 867 Days
• US Class Current: 271/122
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 3/5246 Driven retainers, i.e. the motion thereof being provided by a dedicated drive
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 13/107 using pneumatic means

Claims

1. A DOCUMENT-FEEDER COMRPISING:

(I) A DOCUMENT HOPPER;

(II) RESTRAINING MEANS POSITIONED TO BE ADJACENT AN EDGE OF A DOCUMENT IN THE HOPPER;

(III) A WALL POISITIONED TO BE ADJACENT A FACE OF A DOCUMENT IN THE HOPPER;

(IV) THE WALLL TERMINATING SHORT OF RESTRAINING MEANS;

(V) AND A GATE(A) POSITIONED ADJACENT THE SPACE BETWEEN THE WALL AND THE RESTRAINING MEANS, (B) AND COOPERATING WITH THE RESTRAINING MEANS TO DEFINE AN EXIT OPENING FOR THE DOCUMENT THEREBETWEEN;

(VI) THE GATE BEING MOUNTED FOR MOVEMENT TO OPEN AND CLOSE AND THE EXIT OPENING;