US PATENT SUBCLASS 271 / 3.14
FEEDING AND DELIVERING

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271 /   HD   SHEET FEEDING OR DELIVERING

3.14FEEDING AND DELIVERING {5}
3.15  DF  .~> Sensor located at the feeder and controls the delivering {1}
3.17  DF  .~> Sensor located at the delivering and controls the feeding
3.18  DF  .~> Conveyor releases to subsequent conveyor {5}
4.01  DF  .~> Separator and conveyor {8}
7  DF  .~> Continuous endless conveyors

DEFINITION

Classification: 271/3.14

FEEDING AND DELIVERING:

(under the class definition) Subject matter including means for moving an individual sheet from a position or from a pack of sheets and placing it toward an operation; and including means for removing the individual sheet from the operation after having been operated on or placing the individual sheet on a receiver after having been operated on.

(1) Note. This subclass may include in the combination a mere means for operating upon the sheet, provided the invention is limited to the handling of the sheet and is not a specific system special to the operations performed on the

sheet.

(2) Note. The term "placing " may include the act of partially turning the sheet about an axis that passes through the surface of the sheet so that an edge thereof is accurately aligned if that edge was previously misaligned. Such turning is sometimes termed "orienting " in other classes if applied to articles conveyed in the device of that other class. In Class 271 it is clear from the total disclosure that the alignment is applied to the sheet and that the sheet will be operated upon by some further mechanism (which mechanism, if claimed, is recited only by its name ). If partial turning occurs, it is incidental to alignment, but the purpose is to synchronize the feeding of the sheet to the operation to be performed on that sheet by locating the sheet precisely prior to feeding.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

3.01+, for delivering the sheet to the same stack from where the sheet is moved toward the operation.

145+, for supporting or holding a stack of sheets in a position for removal of the individual sheets.

207+, for means to hold the delivered sheets in a stacked array.