Patent ID: 6499733
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A method for feeding sheet material into a printer or copier, the method comprising the following steps:pulling an outwardly lying first sheet off of a stack of sheets; transporting the first sheet at a draw-in speed towards a sub-section of a conveying path; conveying the first sheet at a conveying speed through the sub-section; p1 delaying a pulling of an outwardly lying second sheet off of the stack until a predetermined spacing exists between first and second sheets; pulling the second sheet off of the stack of sheets when said predetermined spacing has been achieved; transporting the second sheet at the draw-in speed towards the sub-section of a conveying path; conveying the second sheet at the conveying speed through the sub-section; and providing said predetermined spacing between said first and second sheets at a plurality of locations along said conveying path.