Patent ID: 6663097
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A device for feeding sheets of a recording medium from a stack to an office machine, comprising: one or more shingling elements adapted to be moved along a non-circular path including a substantially linear portion extending parallel to the top sheet by one or more driven, continuously rotating traction belts in the feed direction over the respective top sheet of the stack, the shingling elements being in contact with the top sheet under pressure to separate the top sheet from the second sheet of the stack beneath it and displace the top sheet with respect to the second sheet in the direction of feed, wherein the shingling elements each have at least one roller arranged across the direction of feed, mounted so it can rotate freely on an axle, and the axle being secured on at least one traction belt and adapted to move slidably along at least one fixed, elongated guide skid extending in the feed direction, spaced apart from the top sheet and facing the top sheet of the stack.