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US 5,294,107 AGranted
Device for directing sheets onto a depositing surface
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsFranz Allmendinger, Manfred Baumann, Siegfried Garbe, Heinz Michels
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Abstract
A device for directing individually supplied sheets onto a sheet depositing surface includes a feeder for feeding sheets along a sheet path onto the surface and a pivotably mounted sheet directing element that includes a first arm which extends across the sheet path. The pivotable directing element includes a weight mounted thereto above its pivot axis for increasing the moment of inertia of the pivotable directing element.
Claims7
A device for directing individually supplied sheets onto a sheet depositing surface, the directing device comprising:
- (a) feeding means for feeding sheets individually along a path of sheet movement onto the depositing surface;
- (b) a sheet directing element mounted pivotably about a pivot axis above said path of sheet movement, said directing element having a raised position and a lowered position, and at least one arm extending across said path of sheet movement;
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- (c) a first weight member for increasing the moment of inertia of said directing element when moving from said raised to said lowered position, said weight member being mounted to a portion of said directing element above said pivot axis thereof.
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