Patent ID: 6279897
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A sheet separator containing a stack of individual sheets for separating adjacent sheets adjacent sheets of media being fed from said stack of sheets comprising:a rotatable sheet feed roller,a surface for supporting a bottom of said stack of sheets, and having a sheet dispensing end,an inclined element located adjacent said end of said surface for supporting, said inclined element being inclined at an obtuse angle to said stack of sheets, said stack having a top opposite said bottom,said sheet feed roller for contacting said top of said stack and being spaced away from said inclined element and being rotatable to move said sheets from said top of said stack into said inclined element, anda plurality of protrusions disposed along the exterior surface of said inclined element, each said protrusion being effective to momentarily stop sheets fed by said sheet feed roller.