(under subclass 131) Device provided with means to prevent the feeding of a lowermost sheet temporarily or under control of a user of the device.
(1) Note. Included herein is a device wherein the feed of sheets will be skipped at regular intervals, for example a sheet will be fed on a regular feed stroke, but on the next regular feed stroke a sheet will not be fed, and also included is a device wherein the operator of the device, or a signal from another part of the device, will effect nonfeed of the reciprocating member until feed is again desired.
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117, for a rotating feeder wherein operation may be stopped at will.