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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1999
Noboru Aoyama, Sagamihara, JP;
Noboru Aoyama, Sagamihara, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided is a medium feeding aparatus having at least one align roller to align medium in a path, wherein the align roller is positioned below the medium and is driven to transport the medium in the path. A feed assistance member includes a shaft and a feed assistance roller rotably mounted to the shaft and positioned to apply pressure on the medium in the path to stabilize the medium while the medium is being aligned in the path by the at least one align wherein the feed assistance roller is not vertically aligned with any roller.
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