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Device and method for taking out sheets

  • US 7,628,393 B2
  • Filed: 03/22/2007
  • Issued: 12/08/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A sheet takeout device comprising:

  • a takeout section rotated in contact with a sheet to take out the sheet in a surface direction;

    a conveying section, that is configured to hold the sheet taken out by the takeout section and to further convey the sheet;

    a detection section which detects the holding of the sheet taken out by the takeout section in the conveying section; and

    a separation section, that includes a separation roller, and is disposed on a side opposite to the takeout section across a conveying path between the takeout section and the conveying section, the separation section configured to apply an opposite-direction separation force to second and following sheets associatively taken out by the sheet taken out by the takeout section, after the sheet taken out by the takeout section is transferred to the conveying section.

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