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Single sheet feeding device and a scanner equipped with such a device

  • US 6,244,587 B1
  • Filed: 05/28/1999
  • Issued: 06/12/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/28/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A sheet feeder for advancing paper sheets one by one, comprisingat least one traveling feeder belt having an outer side that defines a feed plane;

  • a belt support which remains stationary during operation of the feeder, said belt support being substantially rigid and substantially flat; and

    a sheet restraining or retarding element which remains stationary during operation of the feeder, said restraining or retarding element having a friction surface that faces towards the feed plane and is spaced therefrom, wherein the friction surface and the feed plane together define a feed opening whose gape decreases in a feed direction, the feeder belt runs on said belt support at least in the region of the feed opening, and said belt support extends along more than half of the feed opening in the feed direction.

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