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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2005
Eung Min Park, Seoul, KR;
Eung Min Park, Seoul, KR;
LG N-SYS Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a media separating apparatus and method for an automatic media dispenser. The media separating apparatus of the present invention comprises a pickup rollerwhich is installed on a pickup roller shaftdriven by a first driving sourceto pick up and convey media m stored in a media boxa plurality of first feed rollerswhich is installed on a feed roller shaftdriven by the first driving sourceand brought into close contact with one surface of the medium m to convey the medium m using a friction force generated between the medium and the first feed rollers, a second feed rollerwhich is installed on the feed roller shaftvia a bearing and rotated by a second driving sourcedriven separately from the first driving sourceto convey the medium m, and a plurality of separating rollerswhich are installed to correspond to outer circumference surfaces of the first and second feed rollersandand to separate out the media m one by one in cooperation with the first and second feed rollersandAccording to the present invention so configured, if the picked up medium m is sensed by a media conveyance sensorthe operation of the first driving sourceis stopped such that the pickup rollerand the first feed rollerdo not pick up the next medium m. Therefore, there are advantages in that the media m cannot be conveyed in a state where they are overlapped with one another and that reliability in the media separation can also be enhanced.