Singulating apparatus for a mail handling system
October 3, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesApparatus for feeding sheet articles Mail singulating apparatus Reverse belt singulating apparatus Apparatus for repairing a perforated brick in a metallurgical vessel Document singulating apparatus Document singulating apparatus for feeding upright documents of varying thickness Ingestion roller for mixed mail feeder Sheet feeding device with adjustable feeding and inversely-rotating rollers Patent #: 5449162 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 943407 filed on 10/03/1997US Classes:271/122, By restrainer having rearwardly moving surface271/126, With means to urge pack toward separator271/150, Supported by moving conveyor belt271/258.02Interrupts feeding upstream onlyExaminersPrimary: Terrell, William E.Assistant: Bower, Kenneth W Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesB65H 001/08B65H 001/02 B65H 003/52 B65H 002/02 AbstractA singulator apparatus includes a forwardly driving device and a reverse driving mechanism which operate together to separate individual articles from a stack of articles being transported thereto from an upstream feeding device. The singulator further includes a sensor which detects the presence of articles at the articles ingestion nip defined between the forwardly driving device and the reverse driving mechanism. A controller stops operation of the feeding device upon detection of the presence of articles by the sensor and initiate feeding by the feeding device if no articles are sensed by the sensor. | |
