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Sheet feeder with laterally adjustable sheet separators set below feed belt

  • US 7,850,163 B2
  • Filed: 10/11/2007
  • Issued: 12/14/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A sheet feeder comprising:

  • a stack hopper adapted to hold a stack of sheets,two marginal feed belts adapted to be positioned to support and advance the bottom-most sheet from said stack,at least one intermediate feed belt between said marginal feed belts, andsheet separators mounted on a bridge forward of said stack but closely adjacent thereto,said separators having tips,said separators being positioned between and movable individually laterally with respect to said marginal belts and said intermediate feed belt, andsaid tips projecting continuously a short distance below the upper surface of said belts,whereby said sheet being conveyed by said belts is buckled to facilitate separation of said bottom sheet from the rest of the stack.

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