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US 11,760,593 B2Granted
Sheet feeding mechanism
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMikio Yamamoto
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Abstract
According to an embodiment, a sheet feeding mechanism includes a first elastic body. The first elastic body blocks a first reference line and a second reference line. The first elastic body has a first angle formed between the first elastic body and the first reference line, the first angle being an acute angle. The first reference line is a reference line along a take-out direction by the first roller. The second reference line is a reference line connecting a nip between the second roller and the third roller and a contact position of the first roller and a sheet.
Claims10
A sheet feeding mechanism, comprising:
- a tray that houses a sheet;
- a first roller that takes out the sheet from the tray and transports the sheet in a take-out direction;
- a second roller that transports the sheet taken out by the first roller;
- a third roller that faces the second roller and sandwiches the sheet between the third roller and the second roller, the second roller and the third roller forming a nip in a plane perpendicular to a rotation shaft of the second roller;
- a first elastic body that
- is located between the nip and the first roller,
- blocks a first reference line along the take-out direction and a second reference line that connects a contact position and the nip to each other, the first roller being in contact with the sheet at the contact position, and
- has a first angle formed between the first elastic body and the first reference line, the first angle being an acute angle;
- and
- a second elastic body that
- is located between the nip and the first elastic body, and
- has a second angle formed between the second elastic body and the first reference line, the second angle being smaller than the first angle.
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