Feed assistance member and a medium processing apparatus
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorNoboru Aoyama
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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.
Claims37
A medium feeding apparatus comprising:
- at least one align roller to align a medium in a path, wherein the medium is positioned in a plane defined by a first axis and a second axis, wherein the align roller is positioned below the medium and is driven to transport the medium in the path along the second axis;
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- a feed assistance member comprising:
- (i) a shaft;
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- (ii) 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 roller, wherein the feed assistance member is not rotably connected to the align roller, and wherein the feed assistance member and the at least one align roller are offset with respect to the second axis and wherein the feed assistance member and the at least one align roller both rotate along the second axis.
A medium feeding apparatus, wherein the medium is positioned in a plane defined by a first axis and a second axis, comprising:
- at least one second axis align roller to align the medium along the second axis;
- a first axis align roller to align the medium along the first axis;
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- a feed assistance member comprising:
- (i) a shaft;
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- (ii) 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 second axis align roller, wherein the feed assistance member is not rotably connected to the align rollers, wherein the feed assistance member and the at least one second axis align roller are offset with respect to the second axis, and wherein the feed assistance member is mounted between one first axis align roller and one second axis align roller.
A medium processing device including a medium feeding apparatus to feed the medium through a feed path in the processing device, wherein the medium is positioned in a plane defined by a first axis and a second axis, and wherein the medium feeding apparatus comprises:
- at least one align roller to align a medium in a path, wherein the one align roller is positioned below the medium and is driven to transport the medium in the path along the second axis;
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- a feed assistance member comprising:
- (i) a shaft;
- and
- (ii) 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 roller, wherein the feed assistance member is not rotably connected to the align roller, and wherein the feed assistance roller and the at least one align roller are offset with respect to the second axis and wherein the feed assistance roller and one align roller both rotate along the second axis.
A medium processing device including a medium feeding apparatus to feed the medium through feed path in the processing device, wherein the medium is positioned in a plane defined by a first axis and a second axis, and wherein the medium feeding apparatus comprises:
- at least one second axis align roller to align the medium along the second axis;
- a first axis align roller to align the medium along the first axis ;
- a feed assistance member comprising:
- (i) a shaft;
- and
- (ii) a feed assistance roller rotably mounted to the shaft and poisitioned 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 second axis align roller, wherein the feed assistance member is not rotably connected to the at least one second axis align roller, wherein the feed assistance roller and the at least one second axis align roller are offset with respect to the second axis, and wherein the feed assistance member is mounted between the first axis align roller and one of the at least one second axis align roller.
A feed assistance apparatus for feeding a medium in a medium processing apparatus, comprising:
- at least one align roller for feeding the medium, wherein the medium is positioned in a plane defined by a first axis and a second axis, and wherein the align roller is positioned below the medium and is driven to transport the medium in the path along the second axis;
- a member portion contacting said medium being fed to increase a frictional force generated on the medium while the medium is being aligned in the path by the at least one align roller;
- wherein the member portion is not rotably connected to the at least one align roller, wherein the member portion and the at least one align roller are offset with respect to the second axis and wherein the member portion and the at least one align roller both rotate along the second axis.
A feed assistance apparatus for feeding a medium in a medium processing apparatus, comprising:
- at least one align roller for feeding the medium, wherein the medium is positioned in a plane defined by a first axis and a second axis and transported along the second axis;
- a member portion contacting said medium being fed to increase a frictional force generated on the medium while the medium is being aligned in the path by the at least one align roller;
- wherein the member portion is not rotably connected to the at least one align roller, and wherein the member portion and the at least one align roller are offset with respect to the second axis, and wherein the member portion is non-rotatable.
A feed assistance apparatus for feeding a medium in a medium processing apparatus, wherein the medium is positioned in a plane defined by a first axis and a second axis, comprising:
- at least one second axis align roller to align the medium along the second axis;
- a first axis align roller to align the medium along the first axis;
- a member portion contacting said medium being fed to increase a frictional force generated on the medium while th medium is being aligned the align rollers;
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- wherein the member portion is not rotably connected to the align rollers, and wherein the member portion and the at least one second axis align roller are offset with respect to the second axis, and wherein the member portion is mounted between the first axis align roller and one of the at least one second axis align roller.
A medium feeding apparatus comprising:
- at least one align roller to align a medium in a path, wherein the medium is positioned in a plane defined by a first axis and a second axis and transported along the second axis;
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- a feed assistance member comprising:
- (i) a shaft;
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- (ii) a member 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 roller, wherein the member and the at least one align roller are offset with respect to the second axis, and wherein the member is non-rotatable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.