Selective cut sheet feed device

Claim 1

A cut sheet paper feed apparatus for selectively feeding sheets from one of two packs having differing size characteristics comprising: a support means; first and second sheet pack holders supported by said support means for holding first and second sheet packs on one of said sheet packs'' edges and holding said packs in a spaced apart, generally parallel position with respect to each other and said packs having sheet''s faces in a position perpendicular to the horizonal; first and second biasing means for exerting a force simultaneously on each of said first and second sheet packs to urge said packs toward each other; friction reducing support means intermediate said packs to ease feeding of sheets from said packs; selectively operable and selectively engageable picker means for picking said sheets from one of said packs; transport means to receive said sheets from said picker means and transport said sheets toward the point of ultimate use; fixed convoluted sheet deflector means to orient said sheet from a generally vertical plane to a generally horizontal plane during the time said sheet is being transported by said transport means; timing means to intercept and release said sheet for further use at a predesignated time; whereby sheets are selectively fed from the adjacent surfaces of two sheet packs without the shifting of said packs and where said sheets are then transferred to a horizontal plane for continued use.