Patent · US Expired

Sheet feeding system

US4444382A · kind A · utility

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7References
5Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 31, 1982
Grant dateApr 24, 1984
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 31, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B27/625
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A sheet feeding system wherein, when a start signal for starting sheet feeding is given, a sheet tray is brought into contact with a first feed roller and at the same time the first feed roller is driven to rotate. When a first detection mechanism has detected the leading end of a sheet having reached between a second feed roller and a parting roller, the sheet tray is separated from the first feed roller and when the sheet is detected by the second detection mechanism, the second feed roller is stopped after a delay time that the leading end of the sheet contacts a stopper closing a sheet threading path for the sheet to be slightly looped, and the sheet threading path is opened upon the lapse of a predetermined time and the parting roller is then disengaged from the second feed roller.

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