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US 2008/0197142 A1Published application
Apparatus and Method for Dispensing and Folding of Sheets From a Stack
AssigneeInfostop, B.V.
InventorsJohannes Christina Langen, Herman Josef Langen
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Abstract
A removing mechanism is disclosed for removing the bottom or top sheet from a stack of sheets; a delaying member for a delay of a predetermined time between the dispensing of two successive sheets; and an actuating mechanism for driving the removing mechanism, wherein the actuating mechanism is driven via a physically supplied mechanical drive force of an operator of the dispensing apparatus.
Claims25
Dispensing apparatus for sheets, comprising:
- a removing mechanism for removing the bottom or top sheet from a stack of sheets;
- a delaying member for a delay of a predetermined time between the dispensing of two successive sheets;
- and
- an actuating mechanism for driving the removing mechanism, wherein the actuating mechanism is driven by way of a physically supplied mechanical drive force of an operator of the dispensing apparatus.
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Removing mechanism for removing a sheet from the bottom of a stack of sheets, comprising:
- a support member for supporting the stack of sheets;
- two counter-rotatable rollers situated in the immediate vicinity of or contacting the bottom or top sheet of the stack,
- an actuating mechanism for driving the counter-rotatable rollers;
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- means for causing an engagement, by way of frictional forces, between at least one of the rollers and the bottom or top sheet of the stack during one or more rotation stages of the rollers.
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Method for dispensing sheets from a stack, comprising:
- urging a bottom sheet of the stack between two counter-rotatable rollers by way of friction from two sides, wherein the outer ends of the sheets are pulled along;
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- feeding the bottom sheet through between the rollers,
- the friction between the bottom sheet and at least one roller being generated during at least one or more rotation stages of the rollers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.