Document separating mechanism for an automatic document feeder

Details Document separating mechanism for an automatic document feeder Document separating mechanism for an automatic document feeder

1997-02-18

1999-08-24

Skaggs, H. Grant

Sheet feeding or delivering

Feeding

Separators

271124, 271110, B65H 352

Patent

active

059415193

ABSTRACT:
In an automatic document feeder (ADF), a document separating mechanism includes a separator belt. Documents stacked on a tray are caused to abut against the separator belt at their leading edges and then introduced into a nip between the belt and a feed roller to be separated one by one. The angle at which the documents abut against the separator belt is variable. The separator belt is movably mounted on a guide pivotable about the shaft of a separator roller. The above angle refers to an angle between the surface of the documents stacked on the tray and the surface of the portion of the separator belt against which the documents abut.

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