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Sheet feeding apparatus

US4515358A · kind A · utility

19Cited by
8References
6Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 8, 1982
Grant dateMay 7, 1985
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 8, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2401/10
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A sheet feeding apparatus comprising a first feed roller for feeding the uppermost sheet of a stack of sheets in contact therewith, a second feed roller positioned toward the sheet feeding direction from the first feed roller and rotatable in the feeding direction, a separating roller rotatable in the same direction as the second feed roller in contact therewith, and means for driving one of the second feed roller and the separating roller at opposite ends of its shaft and for pressing these rollers into contact with each other. The sheets are fed individually by being forwarded by the first feed roller and thereafter separated off singly at the nip of the second feed roller and the separating roller.

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