Sheet feeding or delivering – Feeding – Separators
Patent
1997-10-21
1999-12-07
Skaggs, H. Grant
Sheet feeding or delivering
Feeding
Separators
271125, B65H 352
Patent
active
059969903
ABSTRACT:
A sheet feeding apparatus which includes a sheet holder holding at least one sheet to be fed. A pick-up roller feeds the at least one sheet from the sheet holder in a sheet feeding direction. A separating roller is provided at a lower reach of the pick-up roller. This separating roller receives a reverse torque in an opposite direction of the sheet feeding direction through a torque limiter. A feeding roller is provided opposite the separating roller and feeds the at least one sheet from the pick-up roller in the sheet feeding direction. Further, a frictional element is provided to increase a rotational load of the separating roller.
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patent: 5050854 (1991-09-01), Tajima
patent: 5564689 (1996-10-01), Fukube
Ricoh & Company, Ltd.
Skaggs H. Grant
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