| US 7,523,929 B2 | ||
| Shingle mode media item feed arrangement | ||
| Donald Surprise, Waterbury, Conn. (US); Norman R. Lilly, Monroe, Conn. (US); James A. Fairweather, Milford, Conn. (US); and Theresa Bartick, Gorham, Me. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, Conn. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 04, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/267,389. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0102865 A1, May 10, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B65H 1/08 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 271—126 [271/149; 271/150] | 10 Claims |
| 1. A shingled media item feeding arrangement for feeding media items having a bottom edge, comprising:
a tray for supporting a stack of shingled media items, said tray having an exit area and a support surface that supports said
bottom edge of said media items;
a feeder for separating and feeding media items from said shingled stack of media items; and,
said tray connected to said feeder and having a first and a second cavity formed at the exit area of said feed tray and the
front of said feeder, said first and second cavities located outboard from said support surface such that media items moved
from said tray into said feeder are supported on a first portion of said media item bottom edge but are not supported on first
and second portions of said bottom edge along the first and second cavities.
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