Pick-up unit and an image forming apparatus having the same

Details Pick-up unit and an image forming apparatus having the same Pick-up unit and an image forming apparatus having the same

2005-08-26

2008-08-12

Bollinger, David (Department: 3653)

Sheet feeding or delivering

Feeding

Separators

C271S113000, C271S117000, C271S120000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07410160

ABSTRACT:
A paper pick-up unit of an image forming apparatus includes an elliptical pick-up rubber having a first arcuate part and a second arcuate part. The first and second arcuate parts are symmetrical to each other and contact a paper. A pick-up housing supports the pick-up rubber, which are attached around the circumference thereof. A first shaft opening and a second shaft opening are formed opposite to each other in the pick-up housing and are eccentrically disposed with respect to a center of the pick-up housing. A pick-up shaft is engaged with one of the first shaft opening and the second shaft opening of the pick-up housing, and is capable of rotating. The pick-up shaft is engaged with the first shaft opening of the pick-up housing for the first arcuate part of the pick-up rubber to pick up a paper. The pick-up shaft is engaged with the second shaft opening of the pick-up housing for the second arcuate part of the pick-up rubber to pick up a paper.

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