Global Patent Index - EP 1012092 A1

EP 1012092 A1 20000628 - DEVICE FOR SUPPLYING FLAT PRODUCTS TO A PROCESSING STATION

Title (en)

DEVICE FOR SUPPLYING FLAT PRODUCTS TO A PROCESSING STATION

Title (de)

VORRICHTUNG ZUM ZUFÜHREN VON FLACHEN ERZEUGNISSEN ZU EINE VERARBEITUNGSPOSTEN

Title (fr)

DISPOSITIF POUR LA FOURNITURE INDIVIDUELLE DE PRODUITS PLATS A UN POSTE DE TRAITEMENT

Publication

EP 1012092 A1 20000628 (FR)

Application

EP 98923969 A 19980615

Priority

  • CH 9800259 W 19980615
  • FR 9707811 A 19970619

Abstract (en)

[origin: FR2764874A1] The invention concerns a device for supplying flat products (P) individually to a processing station, comprising a feed attachment (2) including a wall (4) with substantially vertical orientation against which the products are juxtaposed and an system extracting (16) said products to supply them individually to processing posts. The extraction system comprises means applying (18) a force to press against said wall the product (P1) nearest thereto, means driving (40) said nearest product to move it upwards, grasping means (42) loading said product after it has been moved over a predetermined distance by the driving means, means sensing (72) that the product has been loaded by the grasping means, and control means (28) responding to the sensing means for controlling the force applying means such that they exert said force as long as the product has not been loaded by the grasping means and cease applying same when the product has been loaded, so that the products other than the one in contact with the wall fall back in the feed. The invention is useful for feeding sheets of paper or cards to a scanner, reader, a computer peripheral or a printer.

IPC 1-7

B65H 1/02; B65H 1/14; B65H 7/02

IPC 8 full level

B65H 3/06 (2006.01); B65H 1/02 (2006.01); B65H 1/14 (2006.01); B65H 7/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

B65H 1/025 (2013.01 - EP US); B65H 7/02 (2013.01 - EP US); B65H 2511/51 (2013.01 - EP US); B65H 2515/30 (2013.01 - EP US)

C-Set (source: EP US)

  1. B65H 2511/51 + B65H 2220/01
  2. B65H 2515/30 + B65H 2220/02

Designated contracting state (EPC)

CH DE GB IT LI

DOCDB simple family (publication)

FR 2764874 A1 19981224; FR 2764874 B1 19990903; DE 69803859 D1 20020321; DE 69803859 T2 20021128; EP 1012092 A1 20000628; EP 1012092 B1 20020213; JP 2002504055 A 20020205; US 6290223 B1 20010918; WO 9858862 A1 19981230

DOCDB simple family (application)

FR 9707811 A 19970619; CH 9800259 W 19980615; DE 69803859 T 19980615; EP 98923969 A 19980615; JP 50348799 A 19980615; US 44594900 A 20000314