Abstract A sheet jogging apparatus for facilitating the feeding of sheets into a tray device or the like. The sheet jogging apparatus includes a thin flexible round disc member mounted to a shaft in such a manner that the plane of the disc member is skewed to the shaft rotation. When spun on its axis the disc is a wobbling effect. Upon contacting a sheet of paper the main direction of the paper is altered by pushing the paper in a direction perpendicular to its feed direction. After one half of a revolution of the disc the material buckles in the other direction giving the paper a component directly opposite to the first half revolution. As a result the sheet is fed in a zig-zag path enabling the center to be registered between side guides of a paper tray.
A sheet jogging apparatus comprising: a shaft member having its axis extending at right angles to a sheet path, a thin disc member mounted on said shaft inclined at an angle from about 1* to about 10* to a plane perpendicular to said axis so that the plane of the disc is skewed to the rotation of said shaft whereupon sheets fed along the sheet path and contacted by said disc causes the sheets to be pushed in a direction at an angle between the sheet path and a direction perpendicular to the sheet path for one half revolution of the disc and to be pushed in an opposite direction during the next half revolution of the disc.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A sheet jogging apparatus comprising: a shaft member having its axis extending at right angles to a sheet path, a thin disc member mounted on said shaft inclined at an angle from about 1* to about 10* to a plane perpendicular to said axis so that the plane of the disc is skewed to the rotation of said shaft whereupon sheets fed along the sheet path and contacted by said disc causes the sheets to be pushed in a direction at an angle between the sheet path and a direction perpendicular to the sheet path for one half revolution of the disc and to be pushed in an opposite direction during the next half revolution of the disc.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said disc member is made of an elastic material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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Apparatus according to claim 2 wherein the material of said disc member is selected from the group of rubber, urethane, and plastic or combinations thereof.