Sheet supply apparatus
US6045220A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 22, 1995 |
| Grant date | Apr 4, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 22, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2402/54
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A sheet supply apparatus has a sheet supporting unit for supporting a plurality of sheets, a sheet supply device for feeding out the sheets supported by the sheet supporting unit, and a separator which can be elastically flexed to change an inclination angle thereof when the separator is urged by a sheet fed out by the sheet supply device for separating the sheet which rides over the separator from the other sheets. The separator is disposed in an inclined condition so that a tip end of an abutment surface, against which the sheets are to be urged and over which the sheet rides, of the separator before flexed is inclined with respect to a normal plane perpendicular to a sheet feeding direction by a predetermined angle toward the sheet supporting unit.
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