Document feeding device
Abstract
Abstract APPARATUS FOR SORTING DOCUMENTS BY MEANS OF VACUUM CHAMBER APPLICATION THROUGH A PERFORATED CONVEYOR BELT. THE APPARATUS IS CHARACTERIZED BY PROVIDING MEANS FOR PREVENTING TWO OR MORE DOCUMENTS FROM BEING SIMULTANEOUSLY SEPARATED FROM THE STACK CONTAINED IN A MAGAZINE. PRSSURIZED AIR IS DIRECTED AGAINST THE LEADING TRANSVERSE EDGE OF THE DOCUMENTS IN AN OBLIQUE DIRECTION RELATIVE TO THE DOCUMENT PLANE. A VACUUM IS CREATED SUBSTANTIALLY OPPOSITE THE VACUUM CHAMBER FOR APPLYING TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE DOCUMENTS SUCTION DIRECTED PERPENDICULAR TO THE PLANE THEREOF. THE DOCUMENTS ARE SUBJECTED ALSO TO A SECOND AIR PRESSURE IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS THE ABOVEMENTIONED PERPENDICULAR VACUUM.
Inventors
- 👤 Raymond Gilbert Remi Debackere
- 👤 Willy Alfons Franciscus Mens
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