Patent ID: 6315283
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A card feeder assembly including;a hopper for storing a stack of cards to be fed, the hopper having side walls, and at least one of said side walls being adjustable to vary spacing between the side walls to accommodate different widths of cards;a friction brake for holding the least one adjustable side wall in a position relative to the other side walls;a card drive for urging an end card of the stack in the hopper, said card drive being driven to move cards in a first direction, the card drive forming a support plane for an end card in the stack;a wall of said hopper having a controllable size card outlet opening therethrough aligned with the end card in the stack of cards and through which the end card is fed when driven by the card drive; anda control gate at said outlet opening for adjustable reducing a dimension of the outlet opening in the wall related to a thickness of the cards in the stack for permitting one card to pass through the reduced dimension opening formed by the control gate.