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Sheet feeding apparatus, document reading apparatus and method for feeding sheet

US8387979B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 14, 2011
Grant dateMar 5, 2013
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Expiry dateApr 20, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2801/39
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The sheet feeding apparatus of the invention includes a driving roller that is rotated by a predetermined driving source, a driven roller that rotates in response to movement of said driving roller, said driven roller being placed opposite said driving roller and having contact with a roller surface of said driving roller, a pressing member that presses a roller surface of said driven roller toward said roller surface of driving roller at a predetermined pressure, and driven roller holding member that includes an opening being elongated in a tangential direction at a contact point between said driven roller and said driving roller or between said driven roller and a sheet, on a circle forming said roller surface of said driven roller.

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