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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1998
Koji Hirata, Hyogo, JP;
Kiyoshi Nakamichi, Hyogo, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A paper separating unit and an electronic printing apparatus which includes said paper separating unit wherein paper is picked by a pick roller from a paper container, is fed into a gap between a first feed roller and a separate roller which are rotating in the same rotational direction, then the first sheet of paper is separated from the other and is fed to a second feed roller, and when the first paper is acceleratedly fed, and a motor which drives the first feed roller and the separate roller is stopped, a one-way clutch which prevents a separate roller from reverse-rotating together with the paper conveyed by the second feed roller so that feeding more than one sheet of paper can be firmly prevented.