Patent ID: 7766316
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A device for arranging sheets in a stack, the device includes a surface for supporting the stack, at least one of the surface and the stack define a stack face, the device comprising: an adjustment unit movable along an adjustment track parallel to the stack face; a rotatable shaft mounted to the adjustment unit; a first roller rotationally mounted at the adjustment unit, the first roller has a first belt mounted thereto; a second roller mounted to the rotatable shaft such that the second roller is free to rotate about the shaft, the second roller has a second belt mounted thereto, the stack face is continuously pressed against at least one of the first roller and the second roller; a strip-off wheel fixedly mounted to the rotatable shaft such that the strip-off wheel rotates with the rotatable shaft, the strip-off wheel includes a plurality of teeth that are operable to contact the stack face such that rotation of the strip-off wheel pulls a first sheet from the sheet stack; and a center roller between the first roller and the second roller, the center roller is operable to be driven to transport the first sheet pulled from the stack to a transfer device and to receive a second sheet from the transfer device and transfer the second sheet to an end of the stack face.