Sheet feeding apparatus
First Claim
1. A sheet feeding apparatus for feeding stacked sheets one by one, comprising:
- a prefeed member adapted to act on the uppermost sheet of the stack for feeding the sheet,a feed roller rotatable in the sheet feeding direction and mounted on a shaft,a separating roller rotatable in a sheet returning direction and mounted on a shaft,means for transmitting drive power from opposite ends of the shaft of one of the rollers to opposite ends of the shaft of the other roller, the drive power being delivered to the shaft of said one roller from a drive source,means for pressing the feed roller and the separating roller into contact with each other, anddisks mounted on the shafts of the two rollers respectively and positionable in contact with each other at their peripheries, the disks being slightly smaller in combined diameter than the rollers, for regulating the contact with each other by the pressing means to a level not higher than a specified value.
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Abstract
A sheet feeding apparatus comprising a first feed roller for feeding the uppermost sheet of a stack of sheets in contact therewith, a second feed roller positioned toward the sheet feeding direction from the first feed roller and rotatable in the feeding direction, a separating roller rotatable in the same direction as the second feed roller in contact therewith, and means for driving one of the second feed roller and the separating roller at opposite ends of its shaft and for pressing these rollers into contact with each other. The sheets are fed individually by being forwarded by the first feed roller and thereafter separated off singly at the nip of the second feed roller and the separating roller.
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6 Claims
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1. A sheet feeding apparatus for feeding stacked sheets one by one, comprising:
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a prefeed member adapted to act on the uppermost sheet of the stack for feeding the sheet, a feed roller rotatable in the sheet feeding direction and mounted on a shaft, a separating roller rotatable in a sheet returning direction and mounted on a shaft, means for transmitting drive power from opposite ends of the shaft of one of the rollers to opposite ends of the shaft of the other roller, the drive power being delivered to the shaft of said one roller from a drive source, means for pressing the feed roller and the separating roller into contact with each other, and disks mounted on the shafts of the two rollers respectively and positionable in contact with each other at their peripheries, the disks being slightly smaller in combined diameter than the rollers, for regulating the contact with each other by the pressing means to a level not higher than a specified value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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