Inventors:
Richard Stephen Muka - Rochester NY
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY
International Classification:
B65H 310
Abstract:
Sheet feeding apparatus including a direct acting vacuum control value for an oscillating vacuum feeder. The control valve includes a valve shoe normally biased to a position to cover a vent port in the housing of the oscillating vacuum feeder. An appropriate linkage, interconnected to the shoe, is actuated to uncover the vent port for at least a portion of the oscillation cycle of the oscillating vacuum feeder, whereby the vacuum within the oscillating vacuum feeder is vented to release pneumatic forces on the sheets during at least the return portion of the oscillation cycle.