Pivoting cover to separate pair of rollers
AssigneePitney Bowes Inc.
InventorFranklin J. Buckley
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Abstract
Apparatus for separating a pair of contiguous rollers from each other, the rollers being located beneath a cover. The apparatus includes: a pair of opposed, side frames; a lower roller fixedly mounted to the side frames; an upper roller adjustably mounted to the side frames; a biasing agent to bias the upper roller against the lower roller; a cover for the upper and lower roller pivotably mounted to the side frames; and a cable connected to the cover and to the upper roller. When the cover is pivoted from its closed positon to its open position, the cable is caused to move the upper roller away from the lower roller.
Claims7
Apparatus for separating a pair of contiguous rollers from each other located beneath a cover, comprising:
- a pair of opposed, side frames;
- a lower roller fixedly mounted to said side frames;
- an upper roller adjustably mounted to said side frames;
- means for biasing said upper roller against said lower roller;
- a cover for said upper and lower roller pivotably mounted to said side frames;
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- a cable connected to said cover and to said upper roller, whereby when said cover is pivoted from its closed position to its open position, said cable is caused to move said upper roller away from said lower roller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.