Patent ID: 6467764
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A high capacity sheet feeder comprising:a feed table capable of holding a plurality of sheets edgewise thereon for feeding one sheet at a time to a transport assembly, said feed table having an operable position slanted downwardly relative to horizontal; creeper drives communicating through said feed table for incrementally advancing a stack of sheets and said creeper drives being independently driven by motors; an upper edge guide assembly being spaced from said feed table a distance to communicate with upper edges of sheets stacked on said feed table; a generally vertical deck extending generally upwardly from said feed table and supporting said top edge guide assembly to space an advancing stack of sheets therefrom; a singulator assembly having a sheet-receiving aperture for passing therethrough one sheet at a time; and a controlled paper gap assembly for receiving individual sheets from said singulator assembly and for feeding sheets therefrom downstream.