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Sheet feeding device

US6102389A · kind A · utility

17Cited by
9References
13Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 29, 1997
Grant dateAug 15, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 29, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H3/5223
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A sheet feeding device is provided with a sheet feeding unit for feeding sheets supported on a sheet support means, and sheet separator means provided downstream of the sheet feeding unit with respect to the sheet feeding direction, the sheets fed by the sheet feeding unit being separated one by one by the sheet separator and fed. The sheet separator is comprised of an inclined surface against which the sheet fed by the sheet feeding unit abuts, a dash member provided downstream of the inclined surface with respect to the sheet feeding direction and against which the leading end of the sheet riding over the inclined surface abuts, and a resilient member for displaceably supporting the dash member when the sheet abuts against the dash member.

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