Sheet feeder stack support
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1. An apparatus for advancing successive flexible sheets from a stack thereof, including:
- a substantially planar member having a groove therein extending in an endless curvilinear path;
means, mounted rollably in the groove of said planar member, for engaging the side edge of the stack in one portion of the groove and being spaced from the side edge of the stack in the other portion of the groove;
means for feeding successive, outermost sheets from one side of the stack on said rollable means; and
means, engaging the outermost sheet of the other side of the stack on said rollable means, for moving the stack toward said feeding means so as to position successive, outermost sheets of said one side of the stack in feeding relationship therewith.
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Abstract
An apparatus in which successive flexible sheets are advanced from a stack. One edge of the stack of sheets is supported rollably in a substantially vertical orientation. Successive outermost sheets are fed from one side of the stack. The stack of sheets moves toward a sheet feeder so as to position successive outermost sheets of one side thereof in a feeding relationship therewith.
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10 Claims
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1. An apparatus for advancing successive flexible sheets from a stack thereof, including:
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a substantially planar member having a groove therein extending in an endless curvilinear path; means, mounted rollably in the groove of said planar member, for engaging the side edge of the stack in one portion of the groove and being spaced from the side edge of the stack in the other portion of the groove; means for feeding successive, outermost sheets from one side of the stack on said rollable means; and means, engaging the outermost sheet of the other side of the stack on said rollable means, for moving the stack toward said feeding means so as to position successive, outermost sheets of said one side of the stack in feeding relationship therewith. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An electrophotographic printing machine of the type having a toner image formed on a photoconductive belt wherein successive flexible sheets advance to a transfer station for receiving a toner image thereat, wherein the improvement includes:
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a substantially planar member having a groove therein extending in an endless curvilinear path; means, mounted rollably in the groove of said planar member, for engaging the side edge of the stack in one portion of the groove and being spaced from the side edge of the stack in the other portion of the groove; means for feeding successive, outermost sheets from one side of the stack on said rollable means; and means, engaging the outermost sheet of the other side of the stack on said rollable means, for moving the stack toward said feeding means so as to position successive, outermost sheets of said one side of the stack in feeding relationship therewith. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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