Sheet feeding or delivering – Feeding – Separators
Patent
1997-09-03
2000-10-03
Ellis, Christopher P.
Sheet feeding or delivering
Feeding
Separators
271114, 271124, B65H 306, B65H 352
Patent
active
061261610
ABSTRACT:
A sheet feeder providing accurate separation of an uppermost sheet from remaining sheets of a sheet stack stored in a hopper regardless of a size and rigidity of the sheets. The sheet feeder includes a sheet feed roller positioned in confrontation with the hopper for feeding the sheet in a sheet feeding direction. A wall of a frame confronts an outlet end portion of the hopper. The wall is provided with a slanted surface sloping toward the sheet feeding direction, and a stop member protrudable from or retractable into the slanted surface. A recessed portion is open to the slanted surface, and the stop member can be assembled to the recessed portion from an upper open side of the recessed portion. A pair of opposing side walls providing therebetween an upper open space are provided. A rotation shaft of the sheet feed roller can be assembled to the pair of side walls from the upper open space.
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Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Crawford Gene O.
Ellis Christopher P.
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