Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Recording-medium feeding device and processing apparatus equipped with the same
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Application No.: US15060675Application Date: 2016-03-04
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Publication No.: US10144602B2Publication Date: 2018-12-04
- Inventor: Daisuke Kuwabara , Hiroyuki Suzuki , Tomohiro Takano
- Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Minato-ku, Tokyo
- Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Minato-ku, Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2015-190256 20150928
- Main IPC: B65H3/52
- IPC: B65H3/52 ; B65H1/04 ; B65H3/06 ; B65H3/34 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
A recording-medium feeding device includes a container, a separating mechanism, and a suppressing member. The container accommodates recording media. The separating mechanism includes a driving member, a separating member, and a torque limiter. The driving member comes into contact with and delivers an uppermost recording medium. The separating member separates the recording media one-by-one. When a rotational torque smaller than a predetermined rotational torque is applied to the torque limiter, the torque limiter repels a load of the rotational torque to inhibit rotation of the separating member. When a rotational torque larger than or equal to the predetermined rotational torque is applied to the torque limiter, the torque limiter allows the separating member to be rotationally driven in accordance with the load. The suppressing member suppresses receding movement of the recording media caused by reverse rotation of the separating member when the driving member stops.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170090381A1 RECORDING-MEDIUM FEEDING DEVICE AND PROCESSING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME Public/Granted day:2017-03-30
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