Abstract The disclosure embodies a V-shaped sheet stack hopper having a downwardly directed opening at its apex. At the apex of the hopper, and in part forming one of the walls thereof, is a shiftable or positionable restricting member which forms a card restricting outlet with a resilient tire of a card feed roller. Mounted on the hopper and supporting the positionable restricting member is a body on which there is an adjustment member operable to establish a set restriction with the tire, corresponding to a given card thickness. Also mounted on the body is a shifter member by means of which the positionable member may be readily shifted to change the restriction to one for accommodating cards of other thickness.
A sheet feed device comprising a hopper having a downwardly directed opening, a sheet feed roller external of said hopper at the downwardly directed opening, a movably mounted sheet restricting member cooperable with the periphery of said roller to form a passage restricting the feeding of sheets singly therethrough, said restricting member being differentially positionable toward and away from the periphery of said roller, and a rotatable cam operatively connected to said sheet restricting member to shift the latter and having a number of lands spaced about the cam periphery at different radial distances from the axis of rotation of said cam corresponding to different thicknesses of sheets.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A sheet feed device comprising a hopper having a downwardly directed opening, a sheet feed roller external of said hopper at the downwardly directed opening, a movably mounted sheet restricting member cooperable with the periphery of said roller to form a passage restricting the feeding of sheets singly therethrough, said restricting member being differentially positionable toward and away from the periphery of said roller, and a rotatable cam operatively connected to said sheet restricting member to shift the latter and having a number of lands spaced about the cam periphery at different radial distances from the axis of rotation of said cam corresponding to different thicknesses of sheets.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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A sheet feed device as defined by claim 1 with the addition of yieldable means holding said restricting member in engagement with a selected one of the lands of said cam.