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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2004
Masataka Hamada, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Tetsuya Noda, Minami-Alps, JP;
Osamu Jinza, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
NISCA Corporation, Yamanashi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A sheet supplying apparatus includes a sheet feeding stacker for storing the sheet; a sheet discharging stacker arranged in parallel to the sheet feeding stacker in a vertical direction for storing the sheet; a U-shape conveying path disposed between the sheet feeding stacker to the sheet discharging stacker for guiding the sheet from the sheet feeding stacker to the sheet discharging stacker; a processing platen disposed in the conveying path for processing the sheet; a separating device for separating the sheet on the sheet feeding stacker; a register device for temporarily stopping the sheet and conveying the sheet; a sheet feeding device for conveying the sheet; and a sheet conveying device for conveying the sheet. A sheet discharging device discharges the sheet to the sheet discharging stacker, and an idle roller is disposed in the U-shape conveying path for contacting the sheet to rotate.