Patent ID: 6769677
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: B65H,H04N

Abstract:
Device for reading sheet material, consisting of an endless, perforated belt guided over two rollers, of which one is driven, where material is guided from a feeding device to an inlet and the belt transports the material to an outlet, wherein the material is held against the belt by a low pressure acting at the perforations of the belt and there is at least one reading device that detects markings of the material transported by the belt, characterized in that there is an inlet on both sides of one of the rollers, in that the device can be adjusted relative to the feeding device, and in one position, one inlet is located at the height of the feeding device, and in the other position, the other inlet is located at the height of the feeding device, in that for a change from one position to the other, the direction of rotation of the driven rollers is reversed, and in that the one or more reading devices are directed towards the corresponding section of the belt, whose inlet is located at the height of the feeding device.