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Sheet supplying apparatus

US5358230A · kind A · utility

66Cited by
6References
16Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 21, 1993
Grant dateOct 25, 1994
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 21, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H3/0669
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a sheet supplying apparatus with a sheet support for supporting a sheet and shiftable between a supply position and a waiting position, a supply roller for feeding out the sheet from the sheet support means at the supply position, a biasing device for biasing the sheet support means from the waiting position toward the supply position, a shifting device for shifting the sheet supporting means from the supply position to the waiting position in adherence with a biasing force of the biasing device means, and a regulating apparatus for regulating the shifting of the sheet support means with a force weaker than the biasing device force of the biasing device, when the sheet support means shifted to the waiting position by the shifting device is shifted from the waiting position to the supply position by the biasing device.

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