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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sidney Hsiao, Zhang-Hua, TW;
Assignee:
Silitek Corporation, Taipei, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/52 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/52 ;
Abstract
A document separating mechanism for an Automatic Document Feeder is an elastomer with the features of having a vertical plane and an arc surface, wherein the vertical plane is perpendicular to the main plane and capable of resisting the leading edges of the documents directly or indirectly. The arc surface is a turning plane for joining the vertical plane and the main plane. The document separating mechanism further includes the document guiding incline for making the documents being pressed by the feeding roller and arranged in order initially.