Patent ID: 6241235
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: B65H,G07B

Abstract:
An apparatus for separating printed media, comprising:a pre-separating area and a separating area;a spring-mounted curved pressure plate;a guide plate having openings formed therein;drive-roll combinations in said pre-separating area, said drive-roll combinations including drive rolls having different coefficients of friction and cylindrical envelope surfaces projecting through said openings for individually laterally transporting away stacked printed media disposed between said pressure plate and said drive rolls;a drive for said drive-roll combinations;separating elements disposed in said separating area; anda sensor disposed in said separating area in the vicinity of said separating elements for detecting printed media, said sensor linked electrically to said drive for said drive-roll combinations for switching said drive to freewheeling upon detecting a start of a printed medium and for switching on said drive upon detecting an end of a printed medium.