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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2000
Hirotoshi Kakegawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Tamio Amagai, Kawasaki, JP;
Noriaki Yamazaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshio Tabata, Kawasaki, JP;
PFU Limited, Kahoku-gun, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a document feeder, document feed method, and image capture device. The document feeder includes a sheet separation mechanism that restricts the number of sheets to be fed by a pull-in portion. The sheet separation mechanism includes a first separation portion that contacts the sheet, and moves so as to feed the sheet, a second separation portion, located opposite to the first separation portion, which defines a part of a sheet feed path between the second and first separation portions, and moves so as to allow the sheet to be fed, and a brake portion that variably applies to the second separation portion a load allowing the second separation portion to move.