Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Motor-driven aligning and forwarding device for apparatus for processing paper documents and the like, in particular bank cheques
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Application No.: US14376069Application Date: 2013-01-31
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Publication No.: US09045295B2Publication Date: 2015-06-02
- Inventor: Pierpaolo Bubbio , Manlio Lombardo
- Applicant: PANINI S.P.A.
- Applicant Address: IT Turin
- Assignee: PANINI S.P.A.
- Current Assignee: PANINI S.P.A.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Turin
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: ITTO2012A0081 20120201
- International Application: PCT/IB2013/050819 WO 20130131
- International Announcement: WO2013/114310 WO 20130808
- Main IPC: B65H7/02
- IPC: B65H7/02 ; B65H9/00 ; B65H9/10 ; B65H9/16 ; B65H9/06

Abstract:
The device (1) comprises a support housing (2-4) having first and second openings (3a, 3b) intended to be positioned during use facing an area (A) for the introduction of one or more documents (BC) to be processed, first and second rotatable gripping members (5, 6) for respectively performing aligning and forwarding, mounted in the housing (2-4) and designed to extend through the first and second openings (3a, 3b), respectively, these gripping members (5, 6) being rotatable about respective axes (V-V, U-U) oriented in different directions, and driving and control devices (10-17) designed to cause rotation of the gripping members (5, 6) about the respective axes (V-V, U-U) and their displacement through said openings (3a, 3b) between a retracted position and an extracted position with respect to the housing (2-4). The driving and control devices comprise: two cam members (10, 11) mounted rotatably in the housing (2-4), being rotationally locked together and having respective control profiles (16, 17) with respective profile portions (16a, 16b; 17a, 17b) situated at different levels along a direction parallel to the axis of rotation (X-X) of the cam members (10, 11). These control profiles (16, 17) cooperate with the gripping members (5, 6) such that a rotation of the cam members (10, 11) is capable of causing corresponding rotations of the gripping members (5, 6) about the respective axes (V-V, U-U) as well as synchronized displacements of these gripping members (5, 6) in respective directions essentially parallel to the axis of rotation (X-X) of the cam members (10, 11), through the corresponding openings (3a, 3b) of the housing (2-4). A single rotary motor (13) is coupled with the cam members (10, 11) so as to cause the rotation thereof.
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