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US 4,061,329 AGranted
Offset card feed apparatus
AssigneeComputer Peripherals, Inc.
InventorsDaniel B. Sachuk, Robert L. Lane
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Abstract
Card feeding apparatus for feeding the lowermost card from a stack of cards to an off-set station from which the card is fed to a processing station. A feed roller driven by a drive roller is rotated about the periphery of the drive roller and into engagement with the lowermost card by operation of an actuating member, the feed roller feeding the card to a stationary position in the off-set station. Upon release of the actuating member, the drive roller, acting against the stationary card, rotates the feed roller to a disengaged position, the feed roller holding the card in the stationary position during such return movement.
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An apparatus for feeding record cards from a card supply to a stationary position comprising:
- a. drive means operating in a first direction;
- b. feed means positioned adjacent a card in said card supply and engaging said drive means for operation in a second direction opposite to said first direction;
- c. means supporting said feed means for movement into engagement with the card in the card supply when actuated, said feed means operated by said drive means in said second direction during said engaging movement to feed the enlarged card from the card supply to the stationary position;
- d. and actuating means operatively associated with said support means to actuate said support means in said second direction to position the feed means in a card engaged position when enabled, said drive means moving the feed means in said first direction to a card disengaged position upon the disabling of said actuating means wherein said feed means will operate in said second direction while simultaneously being moved in said first direction by said drive means, which movement in said second direction will hold the card in the stationary position during movement of the feed means to the disengaged position.
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An apparatus for feeding record cards from a stack of cards into engagement with a blocking member comprising:
- a. means for supporting a stack of cards;
- b. a constantly rotating drive means rotating in a first direction;
- c. a driven member positioned adjacent the lowermost card in said stack and engaging said drive means for rotation in a second direction opposite to said first direction;
- d. a rotatably mounted lever member supporting said driven member for movement in said second direction into an engaged position with the lowermost card in the stack when rotated while engaged with said drive means, said driven member being rotated by said drive means in said second direction to feed the lowermost card into engagement with the blocking member;
- e. and actuating means engaging said lever member to rotate said lever member for moving said driven member into its card engaging position when enabled, said drive means moving said rotating driven member in said first direction to a disengaged position upon the disabling of said actuating means, said rotating driven member constantly urging the lowermost card against the blocking member during movement of the driven member to the disengaged position.
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Apparatus for feeding cards from a stack of cards to a stationary position including:
- a. an elongated horizontal supporting surface having a raised portion at one end and a blocking portion at the opposite end for supporting the stack of cards thereon, wherein the end of the stack of cards is positioned on said raised portion;
- b. a slot located in said supporting surface adjacent said raised portion;
- c. a constantly rotating drive wheel rotating in a first direction;
- d. a lever member rotatably mounted on the axis of rotation of said drive wheel;
- e. a feed wheel rotatably mounted on one end of said lever member and in engagement with said drive wheel for rotation thereby in a second direction opposite to said first direction, said feed wheel positioned adjacent said slot;
- f. and an actuating member engaging the other end of said lever member to rock the lever member in said second direction to an actuated position when operated whereby said rotating feed wheel is rotated in said second direction by said lever member around the periphery of said drive wheel through said slot and into frictional engagement with the raised end of the lowermost card of the stack for feeding the engaged card along said supporting surface to a stationary position against said blocking portion, said rotating feed wheel being rotated in said first direction about the periphery of said drive wheel to a disengaged position by said drive wheel upon the disabling of said actuating member, said rotating feed wheel acting against the stationary lowermost card to continually urge the lowermost card towards the stationary position during movement of the feed wheel to the disengaged position.
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A card feeding device comprising:
- a. a hopper for receiving a stack of cards, said hopper having front and rear walls;
- b. a first horizontal support member affixed at one end to said rear wall for supporting said stacked cards, said first support member extending past and being spaced below the rear wall to form a throat passage therewith;
- c. abutment means located on said first support member adjacent the throat passage;
- d. a slot in said first support member;
- e. a feed wheel positioned adjacent the slot in said first support member;
- f. a drive wheel positioned adjacent said feed wheel and rotating in a first direction;
- g. a lever member rotatably mounted on the axis of said drive wheel and having one end supporting said feed wheel in engagement with said drive wheel for rotating said feed wheel in a second direction opposite to said first direction;
- h. means engaging said stack of cards for urging the cards toward said feed wheel;
- i. and an actuating member engaging the other end of said lever member for rotating said lever member, when operated, in said second direction to move the feed wheel from a card disengaged position through the slot in said first support member and into engagement with the lowermost card in the stack to feed the card through the throat passage and into engagement with said abutment means, said rotating feed wheel continuously urging the card into engagement with the abutment means while being moved in said first direction to its disengaged position by the rotation of the drive wheel upon the disabling of said actuating member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.