Sheet feeding apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4881731
SERIAL NO

07243683

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Apparatus for feeding sheets, particularly bank notes, comprises a feed system (1) for feeding sheets (6), and a sheet stacking system (7) to which the sheets are fed by the feed system (1), the sheet stacking system (7) including a rotatable stacking wheel (8) having a plurality of sheet receiving slots (9') into which sheets are fed by the sheet feed system (1), rotation of the stacking wheel (8) carrying sheets from a sheet receiving position (30) to a sheet stacking position (32), the sheet stacking system (7) including means (16) actuable to stop rotation of the sheet stacking system (7) to enable at least the leading end of a sheet to be fed into a sheet receiving slot of the stacking wheel (8). Typically, the means actuable to stop rotation of the stacking wheel (8) includes a hub brake (16) and a slipping clutch mechanism (11,13,14) to enable a drive means (5) to continue to operate when the stacking wheel (8) is stopped.

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DE LA RUE SYSTEMS LIMITED DE LA RUE HOUSE 3/5 BURLINGTON GARDNES LONDONNot Provided

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Simpson-Davis, Raymond Hampshire, GB2 3 23

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