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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1999
Tadao Kamano, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet unloading apparatus is used for rotary drum rotatable in one direction along with a paper sheet which is wound around a peripheral surface of the rotary drum and at rear end mechanically engaged in an engagement groove formed in the peripheral surface. The sheet unloading apparatus includes a separation paws for separating a front end of the paper sheet from the rotary drum by contacting the peripheral surface of the rotary drum while the rotary drum rotates in the one direction, and a pair of pinch rollers for rotating to pinch and feed out the paper sheet supplied according to the rotation of the rotary drum in a state where the front end of the paper sheet is separated from the rotary drum by the separation pawl and the rear end of the paper sheet is engaged in the engagement groove. Particularly, the unloading apparatus further include a removal assisting mechanism for assisting the paper sheet to be pulled out from the engagement groove by bending the paper sheet spanning between the rotary drum and the pair of pinch rollers.