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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1993
Haruhiko Hori, Toyokawa, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A feeding device having a pickup roller which makes pressure contact with paper to feed the paper, a forward rotation roller which is disposed downstream from the pickup roller relative to a paper feeding direction and rotated faster than the pickup roller and a reverse rotation roller which makes pressure contact with the forward rotation roller. One way clutch is disposed between the pickup roller and a drive shaft thereof so as to enable to rotate the pickup roller following the paper transported by the forward rotation roller. The pressure contact force of the pickup roller relative to the paper is reduced when the pickup roller is rotated following the sheet transported by the forward rotation roller.