Patent ID: 9384637
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: B65H,G07D,G07F

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a picker that is operable to separate an individual sheet from a stack of sheets, the picker comprises: a control circuit operatively coupled with the drive; and a doubles detector operatively coupled with the control circuit; wherein the doubles detector is operable to detect a doubles condition where at least one other sheet in addition to the bounding sheet has moved past the stripper member; wherein the control circuit is responsive to the doubles detector detecting a condition where at least one other sheet in addition to the bounding sheet has moved past the stripper to move the first and second picker members in a second rotational direction that is opposite of the first rotational direction, whereby the bounding sheet and the at least one additional sheet are returned to the stack; wherein responsive at least in part to the determination of a doubles condition, the control circuit is operable to cause the first picker member to rotationally move relative to the second picker member; and wherein the bounding sheet and the at least one additional sheet that moved past the stripper member are moved relative to each other.