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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Haruhiko Hori, Okazaki, JP;
Yasuo Nakamura, Toyokawa, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/52 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/52 ;
Abstract
A sheet feeder unit being capable of separately supplying cut sheets of any thickness without causing any residual deformation. Cut sheets (,) in a pile are advanced one by one with a pair of feeding rollers (,) contacting thereto from one side thereof. A friction member (,) is disposed in the middle between the pair of feeding rollers (,) which is backed away by a proceeding cut sheet (11) thereby separating the outermost cut sheet (,) from the other sheets by the frictional force of contact therebetween.