Patent ID: 7594652
Filing Date: 2009-09-29
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a separation system comprising: a motor; a pick tire; a take-away shaft; and a transmission operably coupled between the drive motor and each of the pick tire and the take-away shaft, wherein the transmission is configured to operate in a first output state in which torque is transmitted from the motor to the pick tire and the take-away shaft to concurrently rotate the pick tire in a first feed direction at a first surface speed while in engagement with a media sheet and the take-away shaft in the first feed direction at a second greater surface speed and in a second output state in which the pick tire is out of driving engagement with the media sheet, wherein the system is configured to consecutively pick a plurality of sheets while in the first state and without changing from the first output state and wherein the transmission, in the second output state, transmits torque from the motor to the pick tire and the take-away shaft to concurrently rotate the pick tire in a second direction opposite to the first feed direction and the take-away shaft in the first feed direction.