Device for separating the individual sheets of a print medium
AssigneeBdt AG
InventorsNone recorded
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Abstract
Sheets (12, 14) of a print medium kept in a stack (10) are individually fed into an office machine. The edge of the uppermost sheet (12) is raised off the corresponding edge of the following second sheet (14). At least one band (32) is then inserted into the gap formed in this way, which separates the uppermost sheet (12) from the following sheet (14), reducing thereby the friction between the uppermost sheet (12) and the following sheet (14) when the uppermost sheet (12) is pulled off, and minimizing thereby any electrostatic charge of the sheets (12, 14) caused by such friction. The band (32) can be retracted into a band housing (36).
Claims13
A device for separating individual sheets of a print medium to be fed into an office machine or similar equipment in which sheets are kept in a stack, comprising:
- a device for raising at least one edge of an uppermost sheet of the stack from a following sheet of the stack,
- a device for pulling the uppermost sheet off the stack, and
- a device for feeding the pulled sheet into the office machine,
- at least one separating element comprising a band, wherein the separating element is designed to be moved into a gap created between the raised edge of the uppermost sheet and a corresponding edge of the following sheet and can be inserted between the uppermost sheet and the following sheet, and
- a band housing into which the band can be wound up.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.