Patent ID: 6253996
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A medium handling apparatus for conveying a continuous elongated medium formed of a plurality of sheets extending along a length of said medium, each of said sheets having a given width extending transverse to the length of the medium and being connected to a contiguous sheet by a line of perforations, comprising:a hopper accommodating the medium and having a medium feeding area at a side thereof, the medium being folded along said lines of perforations and withdrawn from said hopper at said medium feeding area;feed rollers for conveying the medium in a first direction,a feed guide having one end adjacent said hopper interposed between said hopper and said feed rollers, said feed guide guiding the medium as it travels from said hopper to said feed rollers; anda load member attached to the hopper and one end of said feed guide, said load member projecting into the medium feeding area of said hopper so as to continuously touch a surface of said medium and exert a resistive force thereon, the line of perforations between contiguous sheets of said medium striking said load member as said medium is conveyed to said feed rollers whereby said load member introduces said resistive force between said medium and said load member, said resistive force resting said medium and causing contiguous sheets of said medium to separate from each other.