发明授权
US07419154B2 Feeder device having adjustably flexible gate apparatus and associated method
有权
馈线装置具有可调节灵活的门装置及相关方法
- 专利标题: Feeder device having adjustably flexible gate apparatus and associated method
- 专利标题(中): 馈线装置具有可调节灵活的门装置及相关方法
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申请号: US10837905申请日: 2004-05-03
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公开(公告)号: US07419154B2公开(公告)日: 2008-09-02
- 发明人: Joël Pelletier , Sylvain Zumbiehl , Olivier Boisdon
- 申请人: Joël Pelletier , Sylvain Zumbiehl , Olivier Boisdon
- 申请人地址: BM Hamilton
- 专利权人: ZIH Corporation
- 当前专利权人: ZIH Corporation
- 当前专利权人地址: BM Hamilton
- 代理机构: Alston & Bird LLP
- 主分类号: B65H3/52
- IPC分类号: B65H3/52
摘要:
A feeder device for feeding a unit of media from a stack of media to a receiving apparatus is provided. The feeder device comprises a drive mechanism for driving the media in a feed direction through an opening defined by a gate apparatus. The opening extends from a first to a second edge of the gate apparatus and defines a fixed height greater than the thickness of the media. A flexible blade member is fixedly engaged with the gate apparatus at a fixed end and is cantilevered with respect to the gate apparatus. The blade member defines a length and extends from the first edge toward the second edge to reduce the opening height. The blade member is further configured to have an adjustable flexibility to allow the feeder device to feed media of varying thickness to the printing apparatus. An associated method is also provided.