Patent · US Expired

Sheet feeding device

US5738455A · kind A · utility

5Cited by
5References
13Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 3, 1996
Grant dateApr 14, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 3, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H5/38
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A sheet feeding device for feeding sheets from a sheet input side to a sheet output side, the sheet feeding device comprising a rotatable sheet feed roller; a pressing roller disposed in confrontation with the sheet feed roller so that a sheet sandwiched between the pressing roller and the sheet feed roller contacts the sheet feed roller at a contact position and is fed from the sheet input side to the sheet output side by rotational force of the sheet feed roller, a tangential plane passing through the contact position dividing space between a sheet feed roller side and a pressing roller side; a reference surface disposed at the sheet output side in intersection with the tangential plane; an arm swingably supporting the pressing roller in confrontation with the sheet feed roller; and a swinging axis swingably supporting the arm and disposed at the sheet input side and at the pressing roller side.

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